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2021/22 Anthony Gordon

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I just don't see it with him. I see less in him than I do in Tom Davies who routinely gets crucified, and the only reason I can think of is his haircut and clothes.

Would love to be proved wrong, and If/when it does happen, I will be made up. But honestly, in opposition to seemingly everyone else who think he's currently our best player, I actually think we are worse for having him in the side. He doesn't actually do anything, his positional sense and defensive game are overhyped nearly as much as his end product, and yet he seems to be deemed undroppable because he runs hard.

He's been an ever present in the team as we have tumbled down the table, and but for a cross against Chelsea, I don't think he's actually directly contributed to any result.

For me, he should be used exclusively as an impact player from the bench to add a bit of pace/energy at the end of games as teams, including ours tire.

Theres a reason Ancelotti didn't seem keen, even when we clearly struggled for impact. Bernard offered more, and that says a lot.

It's ironic that so many people wouldn't have James because while he could produce moments of magic to win us points, he apparently didn't try/look interested. Now we have essentially replaced him with the exact opposite. Obviously the caveat to that is the money saved. He obviously loves the club, which is admirable. But realistically, he has a similar output to Iwobi, with much more game time, which should be worrying, but is frustratingly ignored in favour of hyperbole and sickeningly over the top plaudits.

Like I say, I'd love to be proved wrong, but I'm still waiting.
 
The thing is, the lad cant even be dropped, hes out there trying things, sadly things arent really working out, but they might.

I dont think hes what people think he is, but hes worth sticking with, just in case, not like we have a wealth of options.

When you look at talent around his age in other teams, we certainly over value him, he's good for us but no end product.
 
When you look at talent around his age in other teams, we certainly over value him, he's good for us but no end product.
Somebody compared him to Zaha earlier on, said they were miles apart, at Gordons age Zaha was in the middle of stinking the gaff out for United.

The lads still quite young, playing in a struggling side lacking everything.

I will happily judge him a in better Everton side.
 

Really disappointed the way he seemed be just charging in today needs to be thinking more, less of running around like a headless chicken.Needs some players around him with some quality ( which is as scarce as rocking horse sh*t in this team).
 
Absolute piss poor from 30 minutes onwards and not acceptable. Though it doesn't help coming out 2nd half and playing LWB for some reason.

He's got to be doing more, working harder, pushing himself more, pushing to be a player who pushes others on.

Work rate is great but you need much MUCH more to be a success.
 
I just don't see it with him. I see less in him than I do in Tom Davies who routinely gets crucified, and the only reason I can think of is his haircut and clothes.

Would love to be proved wrong, and If/when it does happen, I will be made up. But honestly, in opposition to seemingly everyone else who think he's currently our best player, I actually think we are worse for having him in the side. He doesn't actually do anything, his positional sense and defensive game are overhyped nearly as much as his end product, and yet he seems to be deemed undroppable because he runs hard.

He's been an ever present in the team as we have tumbled down the table, and but for a cross against Chelsea, I don't think he's actually directly contributed to any result.

For me, he should be used exclusively as an impact player from the bench to add a bit of pace/energy at the end of games as teams, including ours tire.

Theres a reason Ancelotti didn't seem keen, even when we clearly struggled for impact. Bernard offered more, and that says a lot.

It's ironic that so many people wouldn't have James because while he could produce moments of magic to win us points, he apparently didn't try/look interested. Now we have essentially replaced him with the exact opposite. Obviously the caveat to that is the money saved. He obviously loves the club, which is admirable. But realistically, he has a similar output to Iwobi, with much more game time, which should be worrying, but is frustratingly ignored in favour of hyperbole and sickeningly over the top plaudits.

Like I say, I'd love to be proved wrong, but I'm still waiting.
Exactly.

It shows how starved of success this fanbase is when this lad has massive support because he runs around a bit more than the others.

So far, virtually no end product. Over a season the much maligned Iwobi produces far more in terms of measureable contribution.

Abysmal at set pieces (management teams fault for putting him on them) It's also the managements fault he's relied on week in, week out.

Cannot fault his effort (If the rest of his half arsed teammates put in similar levels we'd be comfortably mid table), but people are going way way overboard about how good he is.
 
Exactly.

It shows how starved of success this fanbase is when this lad has massive support because he runs around a bit more than the others.

So far, virtually no end product. Over a season the much maligned Iwobi produces far more in terms of measureable contribution.

Abysmal at set pieces (management teams fault for putting him on them) It's also the managements fault he's relied on week in, week out.

Cannot fault his effort (If the rest of his half arsed teammates put in similar levels we'd be comfortably mid table), but people are going way way overboard about how good he is.
HIs work ethic is great

His ability is good in certain aspects of his game

His end product is poor to average

He is standing out from the rest recently because of how abysmal the rest of the squad have been but he is still way short of becoming a great player or even a very good player.
 
I just don't see it with him. I see less in him than I do in Tom Davies who routinely gets crucified, and the only reason I can think of is his haircut and clothes.

Would love to be proved wrong, and If/when it does happen, I will be made up. But honestly, in opposition to seemingly everyone else who think he's currently our best player, I actually think we are worse for having him in the side. He doesn't actually do anything, his positional sense and defensive game are overhyped nearly as much as his end product, and yet he seems to be deemed undroppable because he runs hard.

He's been an ever present in the team as we have tumbled down the table, and but for a cross against Chelsea, I don't think he's actually directly contributed to any result.

For me, he should be used exclusively as an impact player from the bench to add a bit of pace/energy at the end of games as teams, including ours tire.

Theres a reason Ancelotti didn't seem keen, even when we clearly struggled for impact. Bernard offered more, and that says a lot.

It's ironic that so many people wouldn't have James because while he could produce moments of magic to win us points, he apparently didn't try/look interested. Now we have essentially replaced him with the exact opposite. Obviously the caveat to that is the money saved. He obviously loves the club, which is admirable. But realistically, he has a similar output to Iwobi, with much more game time, which should be worrying, but is frustratingly ignored in favour of hyperbole and sickeningly over the top plaudits.

Like I say, I'd love to be proved wrong, but I'm still waiting.
This 100%
 

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