#5 Worst/most ineffective player(s): Simon Francis
Match: Everton vs. AFC Bournemouth
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The Cherries defender had an absolute howler of a game against Everton. He was hooked off by Eddie Howe at half-time and there could not have been a better indicator of how much of a liability the Englishman had been in the first 45 minutes of the game.
Everton were flourishing in attack and on the day Bournemouth needed their captain to step up and perform, he, however, failed them and horrendously at that.
His ridiculous back pass to Artur Boruc gifted Everton a third goal, from which orchestrating a comeback was an uphill task for Howe’s side.
Throughout the course of the time he was on the pitch, he was jittery, slow, lacked a physical and commanding presence all of which contributed to a Bournemouth horror show.
Honourable mentions: Petr Cech and Francis Coquelin (vs. Chelsea), Jeff Hendrick (vs. Watford), Joel Ward and James Tomkins (vs. Sunderland), Philippe Coutinho (vs. Hull City)
