The lad is still a few weeks away from his 21st birthday remember. He's going to keep getting better for the next 3 or 4 years if he keeps working hard.
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I'm waiting for someone to say Goat "Benitez has to take credit for the way Gordon is playing"
jerseytoffee
Player Valuation: £10m
Seems to have the work ethic and the determination to make it which is the main thing.
Also helps he’s technically good and has good pace... think there’s a lot more to come!
Martin Alvito
Player Valuation: £50m
Playing well, small sample size. It took DCL a while in top form to convince me, not least because he was always streaky. Still is. Scores in bunches, then goes missing for a few games.
We have a young talent who is doing very well on the ball and covers a lot of ground. He may develop into a legend. He may not.
It's way too soon to tell. Ronaldinho flamed out, as did Gazza. Torres got hurt, lost his speed and never recovered. Lord only knows what happened to Michael Owen.
Then there's the comparative late-bloomers like Vardy and Salah, and the really weird ones like Pogba where a particular badge seems to be kryptonite. Footy is a strange game.
Usually I’d agree but Lampard himself was an exception.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
He is way beyond DCL. DCL is football by numbers. Theres no hint of guile there, let alone genius. Gordon has that little bit of sparkle that makes him special.
I'm not claiming he's Rooney-good; but he's defo getting good enough to get into any elite team in this country.
People need to wake up to this lad's level of talent. To compare him with Delli 'kin Alli is an insult.
Martin Alvito
Player Valuation: £50m
Lampard turning into a goal machine coincides neatly with Chelsea starting to spend big. Better surrounding players -> more space and better incoming passes -> more opportunities to net.
In general, if you're kicking in de Bruyne goal tallies along with the assists year after year, you're doing wonderfully from a wing/playmaker role.
Think that certainly helps but it also seemed that he got better and better at knowing where the ball would be around the box and his finishing was exceptional. Anthony will get to the point where he scores double figures a season I’m sure.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Remember your view on VVD when he was at Celtic: "He's utter turd. He'll be a flop at Southampton"...or words to that effect.
You cant see talent when it's in front of you.
Hows the Ormskirk Ozil getting on?
Martin Alvito
Player Valuation: £50m
I'm comparing him to DCL in the sense that i need to see more games before I call it more than a purple patch. It took me a while on DCL because he was nothing more than a athletic raw talent for a good bit. It won't take me as long on Gordon, because he always was a player that needed a shot and finally got one.
I'm comparing him to Alli in the sense that Alli had quite the purple patch, then turned into a pumpkin.
For all we know, he'll develop Balotelli's attitude or Mason Greenwood's off-pitch problems. Let's not pile the expectations on just yet. Let's just enjoy the way he's playing footy right now.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
That lot are flakey.
This lad is a straight arrow from Kirkdale and a dyed in the wool Evertonian with bags of talent and commitment.
He will be a PL regular for years...at the very least.
Anyone who doesn't recognise that on the evidence so far should take up knitting.
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