da fezbet： Everton’s current season has undoubtedly been nothing short of troublesome on and off the pitch at Goodison Park.
da doce： Behind the scenes, Farhad Moshiri has endured the wrath of faithful Toffees fans over his running of the club and his decision to not only hire former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez but also to keep him employed for as long he did before the Spaniard was eventually sacked last month.
In terms of what’s been happening on the pitch, the Merseyside club are in a relegation battle with just 22 points on the board with 23 games played having won five, drawn eight and lost 12.
Another worrying factor about Everton’s campaign is the number of goals they’ve managed to concede with 40 in total and Manchester City next up for their next league game who have found the back of the net 63 times this season.
One player, in particular, that hasn’t had a successful season in terms of his performances is defender Mason Holgate.
With 12 league appearances under his belt, the Englishman has earned himself an overall performance rating of 6.46/10, making him one of the lowest-rated players that have started more than one league game according to WhoScored.
In addition to his underwhelming overall performance rating, the 25-year-old’s defensive contributions haven’t been much to shout about either.
Having lost 21 aerial duels in total, the centre-back has also only managed to rack up an average of 1.2 tackles per game, lower than a significant number of other Everton players such as Fabian Delph, Donny van de Beek and Vitaliy Mykolenko who have all played fewer minutes than Holgate.
The former Barnsley youngster, who has been slammed for his “really bad” decision making in the past by Ron Walker, has been somewhat of a liability for the team as well by being the only player at Goodison Park to have received a red card this season.
Taking all of this into account, it’s safe to say that Holgate has been a real defensive weak link for the side this season.
Moving forward, Frank Lampard will have to make sure the centre-back can fix his performances and start offering more in a defensive regard if they want to have a good chance of avoiding relegation.
The Toffees boss surely won’t be happy with how Holgate has performed this year.
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