Everton star now told one good thing he did was actually ‘the worst’ for him

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Everton continued their run of excellence this past weekend in a game which saw Ben Godfrey start his first game of the season.

Sean Dyche‘s Toffees made it four in a row on Saturday in a 2-0 win over Burnley. The win moved Everton up to 16th and a miraculous seven points clear of the drop.

Quite encouragingly, the Blues are just three points behind Brentford and Wolves who are in 12th and 13th respectively. Without the points deduction, Everton would be 10th and looking at a potential Europe race.

This past weekend the victory came with key man Jarrad Branthwaite absent. In lieu of the 6ft 5in defender, Ben Godfrey was drafted in along with Michael Keane to sure up the defence.

Credit must go to Dyche as it worked a treat and Everton secured their fourth consecutive clean sheet. Now though, Godfrey has been discussed by Michael Ball who’s admitted he feels sorry for the defender.

Pundit admits he feels sorry for Ben Godfrey

Writing on the Liverpool Echo, Ball explained his current view on Godfrey and made a surprising claim on the worst thing he has done at Everton.

“As a former player myself, I know how difficult it is to come in from the cold and play for the first time in a while. I also know how difficult it is to come in and play for a team that is doing well and picking up positive results.”

Ball then heaped praise onto the two defenders Dyche fielded as they performed well considering they’d struggled for game time.

“Because of that, Ben Godfrey and Michael Keane deserve huge praise for their performances at the weekend. While one of them got on the scoresheet, the other managed to prevent a near-certain goal with a superb intervention.

“Both players, I think it is safe to say, have had their good and bad moments at the club. But one thing we saw on Saturday is that both have the perfect attitude. Godfrey is a player I have often felt sorry for as well. It feels like the worst thing he did was perform well at left-back a few years ago.

“As well as suffering a really bad injury, he has probably been too versatile for his own good and, as a result, been unable to nail down a regular starting place. However, both showed on Saturday that they can be valuable squad players and come in and perform when required.”

Everton will need the depth to compete

While Everton in recent weeks were on fire, there was an underlying concern that beyond the first-choice players, the quality wasn’t quite there.

However, this win showed that the fringe players can perform in this Dyche system – albeit against Burnley – which will be a massive boost for Everton.

Knowing that rotation is possible now will be positive particularly over the next two weeks with games thick and fast.