Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite opens up about a breakthrough season on loan at PSV, working under Sean Dyche and how the Toffees can improve Watch Brentford vs Everton live on Sky Sports Premier League from 5pm on Saturday, kick-off 5.30pm
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Branthwaite's resilience was already long-established. He had been six weeks away from being released by boyhood side Carlisle as a teenager before busting a gut to earn a scholarship with the support of his father Paul, a retired rugby player, whose support through his academy years helped keep the professional dream alive.
"When I came into pre-season, he told me to train hard, and that I would get my chance, and it was down to me to take it," he says. That defeat cemented Everton's joint-worst start to a Premier League season, but Branthwaite is flourishing with and without the ball at the heart of their defence. He has won the ball back in his own third more than any other Everton player, and completed the second-most forward passes of anyone in a Toffees shirt."Yeah, you could say that," he says."This is the most challenging league, so to be performing at the level that I am, it's been a good start for me.
"Once we get more solid at the back, it makes it easier for the attackers as well, not having all the pressure on them to score.
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