2022/23 Anthony Gordon

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

And how has your stance of being ultra supportive of anybody under 20 helped us Mikey?

I think being supportive of football players who play for the club you support is generally helpful, yes

 

[coleman=quality]

Need to stop worrying about how much players are worth 3 years after we sell them. He might do his ACL, he might win the ballon d’or. Who knows.

If they don’t fit what we need now, aren’t quite the finished product and then someone offers silly money for “potential”, take it and reinvest in starting line up players that actually fit Kevs chosen formation. We need productivity now, not in 2026.

Very happy to keep him, but £40-50m is an absolute joke of a price.

100% agree mate it’s about now and securing we still play in the premier league by 2026 as much potential Gordon may or may not have if we can sell him and include 2 good squad players I’d do that and at £40m plus you can’t refuse that kind of money for him, if we wasn’t as poor as we was last season and finished mid table comfortably his season wouldn’t of looked as good as it did but being how poor we was he was one of the only positives to take from it.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I dont see it at all. We keep young players often till their mid 20s before getting rid even though we've known for years they would never make it.

If you want to play for Everton then perform well or you'll be scrutinised. Thats the way it has to be if you want accountability.

Our young players have struggled mostly. Thats why few of them get regular game time

And what if you play fine but get ridiculously unfair criticism?

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Too much certainty over such an unknown quantity...only about halfway in to his development yet decisions have been made; sound. ?

 

[ToffeeTim]

And what if you play fine but get ridiculously unfair criticism?

Who are you referring to?

Gordon has had 2 poor games without doubt but in a completely unsuited role. It doesn't concern me.

I dont think there's another young player in the squad remotely ready for first team football. The standard coming through has been poor for years.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Who are you referring to?

Gordon has had 2 poor games without doubt but in a completely unsuited role. It doesn't concern me.

Gordon hasn't been poor

He's been average at worst

 

[Eggs]

He's crap, nothing will convince me otherwise. All he's got is a bit of pace, but absolutely zero composure and terrible decision making skills. Plus he cannot even put in a decent corner which really is not difficult. To add to that as well, he feels the need to throw himself on the floor more than Richarlison did, which is very embarrassing. Can't believe he was given the number 10 and catapulted into being a key player on the basis of being the least crap of an absolutely horrific set of players last season.

…so you’re not a fan GT?

 

[ToffeeTim]

Gordon hasn't been poor

Well he has clearly been poor but hes not a centre forward. I dont see how people can say he's played well though.

 

[Goat]

I think being supportive of football players who play for the club you support is generally helpful, yes

Ive supported Gordon fully.

I have doubts concerning his end product, but ive never said we should drop him, nor do I think we should sell him cheaply.

But every player has a price and we cant be turning down 50million for a player who MAY never become anything more than a hard working player.

 

[Librarian]

The better the team gets, the better he will become

 

[Colonel Getafe]

The article simply says chelsea are 'interested' in gordon and goes on to speculate if a 50m bid would change our minds. I think people are blowing this out of proportion a bit and that theres nothing substantial in this.

Of course there's nothing to this 'rumour' but that wont get in the way of people speculating which Chelsea players we'll sign with the money / being awful fans because they'd sell "one of our own" for a record fee.

 

[Mosh Pit]

Too much certainty over such an unknown quantity...only about halfway in to his development yet decisions have been made; sound. ?

And what about 23yr old Tom Davies?

Would you define him as 'halfway through his development'?

 

[catcherintherye]

And what if you play fine but get ridiculously unfair criticism?

That's it for me.

Two impartial pundits watching the games have both credited Gordon as playing well, and being our best attacking outlet in need of support.

Not wonderful, but real credit for a 21 year old playing out of position.

From some of the discussion, youd think he had stunk the gaff out.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

And what about 23yr old Tom Davies?

Would you define him as 'halfway through his development'?

yes, but unfortunately you don't really develop speed...you have it or you don't. it'll be his undoing unless he can make up for it in speed of thought.

 

[Goat]

That's it for me.

Two impartial pundits watching the games have both credited Gordon as playing well, and being our best attacking outlet in need of support.

Not wonderful, but real credit for a 21 year old playing out of position.

From some of the discussion, youd think he had stunk the gaff out.

I personally think he did stink the gaff out.

Lots of leeway gvien for the role he was playing, but he did it badly.