2022/23 Anthony Gordon

[vintage-toffees]

Happy days fire up the quatro!!

 

[Nymzee]

He wants the move? But I thought it was all Lampard's fault???

 

[maccavennie]

Said earlier I dont think he's been fully at it in the first two games. I think the interest from Spurs turned his head.

Not at it from first pre season game but the reason for me is total fatigue. He was absolutely goosed the arse end of last season, then he went away with England for some qualifiers, had a short break and straight back to us. Doesn't look match fit or sharp and hasn't done for months. The lad played a lot of football last season, something he'd never really done throughout his time. I think he even mentioned he barely finished 90 minutes for the u18s

 

[Goodisongang]

But the thread is filled with people saying hes a championship player. Yet a team miles better than Everton want to pay a huge sum of money for him.

And people seem to get frustrated by me saying, maybe Gordon is quite good

Is it?

I've seen people say he's not worth the money ( he's not ) and people point out his massive flaw which is his goal/assist return.

I like the lad, one of the few in the squad I don't actively dislike, but take away the local thing and his amazing work rate, he's not that good.

For comparison Ross Barkley was 10x the player he was at the same age.

 

[catcherintherye]

Which is it?

Well its both isnt it?

 

[catcherintherye]

Im sure they do - they have also proved theyre willing to throw money at players, some great, some not very good at all.
Dont get me wrong tho, I like Gordon and i think he can become a good PL player, maybe even a really good one. On the other hand, if someone whipped up a magic wand and asked me if Id trade him with the Kevin Mirallas we bought in 2012(or somewhere around there?) Id take it.

Fair enough. Suspect he will win a lot more than Mirallas ever did though.

 

[MikeH72]

I'm pretty sure at time Kane was injured and playing in midfield and Calvert Lewin had just got a hatrick. On that day, it was true.

Unfortunately it didnt last, and injuries have really held him back. It's a shame.

It wasn’t true, it was never true.

 

[Brennan]

If somebody had offered me £105m total for Richarlison and Gordon I would have taken it all day long…

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Who does this lad think he is ?

 

[Azzurri]

His own words 6 months ago, regarding the potential Bayern Munich move:

Gordon told the ECHO: “I’ve never wanted to leave Everton. It’s my home, I’m a Scouser and a home bird as well.

“The thought of leaving home scares me. It probably wasn’t for me and I never really considered it.”


Interesting if he has in fact made it clear he wants the move. Alright giving it all that about a link with Bayern Munich that we don’t even know was true, wasn’t he?

I wouldn’t begrudge him a move to a far better team, although I suspect it may do his career more harm than good at this stage looking at what happened to Hudson-Odoi, Abraham etc. I just wish they wouldn’t give it the sound bites then force a move 6 months later. If that’s what’s happening.

 

[Dixie1sixty]

'promising' and 'possibly' are two key words in there.

There's nothing whatsoever to suggest that £45-50m for Gordon right now is bad business. Room for improvement, sure. Peak Ronaldo, highly doubtful. Could easily end up go a similar way of Barkley or Rodwell after a bright start (although I think he will be better than those two). £50m = no brainer when we can reinvest that in the team and significantly improve a couple of areas.

Yes that's exactly what potential means which you haven't factored in.

 

[RomanReigns]

if i only had 1 goal contribution in 18 games and a top 4 side in the champions league wanted me, i'd be wanting to leave too

 

[catcherintherye]

Is it?

I've seen people say he's not worth the money ( he's not ) and people point out his massive flaw which is his goal/assist return.

I like the lad, one of the few in the squad I don't actively dislike, but take away the local thing and his amazing work rate, he's not that good.

For comparison Ross Barkley was 10x the player he was at the same age.

I dont but it at all really. He is different but similar level to Ross, and will probably kick on to be a very good player.

And his goal return actually pretty good, when you factor in what a poor side he was in.

 

[Nyhus]

Direct quote here;

‘World class this lad. Best striker in world football for me. A very very good man’s version of Harry Kane’

We can all disagree, but lets not have a go at Catcher for being positive and having faith in our players and using it to 'prove' him wrong. He might go a bit overboard, but its much better than those on here who cant wait to crap on our players. Even if i dont agree with his take on Gordon, its nice to see someone willing to activly show their faith in our young prospects like hes doing.

 

[billyblue80]

See ya Ant. As I said last night based on his quotes he has a balloon sized ego based on very little tbh one decent season and lots of potential. Good luck to you at Chelski with the other English talent rotting in their squad.