Yes he is smart but I don’t think he kept playing Pickford just to keep his value up, I think he kept playing him because he believes in him, if he didn’t Olsen would have been included in the first team a lot sooner than he was and played a lot more games than he has. Olsen has featured in the last 2 games due to Pickford being injured, would it be smart to play your worst keeper over your better keeper, because that is what it sounds like you’re saying, and up until the Utd game most were saying Olsen is the better keeper the manager seems to see it differently.
No doubt we will get another keeper at the expense of who we will have to wait and see.