Jordan Pickford on the secret to good goalkeeping, the mental switch, and building a legacy at Everton: Men in Blazers 10/28/25

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🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Rog is joined by Everton and England No. 1 Jordan Pickford to talk about the art and mindset of goalkeeping. Pickford dives into his post save reactions, the mental switch that activates when he steps over the white lines, and how adrenaline and improvisation shape his best stops. Pickford closes with what he hopes his Everton legacy will be and how much he wants to win with the club. This episode is presented by our great friends at Christopher Ward, the Official Timing Partner of the Men in Blazers Media Network.

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0:59.3	There's so many reasons I do love watching you in Goal, and one of them is your reactions when you make a great save and you do like an exaggerated wink.
1:06.8	Sometimes I don't even know I'm doing it.
1:08.5	You're not aware of it?
1:09.6	Sometimes I'm not. Definitely not.
1:11.6	That's just me getting fired up and getting in that moment where you need to go bang.
1:19.6	My guest today is a gentleman who in the past eight years has become as much of a fixture at Everton as the Zegars theme before the game or the pre-match siren, an elite goalkeeper
1:33.6	who's a mix of fearlessness and self-confidence, part Tasmanian devil. In the week he signed a new
1:39.7	contract at Everton Football Club. So joy to welcome, England's number one.
1:45.3	It's Mr. Jordan Pickford.
1:46.5	Yes, Rod's, you're right?
1:52.8	Oh, mate, I'm here on this incredible week when you signed a new contract till the summer of 2029 when you'll be 35.
1:55.5	It's half shameous Coleman's age.
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