2022/23 Anthony Gordon

[bluelegend]

Every player has a price...

As long as what you spend the revenue on makes sense. Last few years we haven't a good track record in that respect. Better the devil you know....

 

[Rv_blue]

Last years Player's Player of the Year. And we are looking at selling him and our top scorer in the same window. And we can't buy a goal at the moment. Just relegate the club ffs!!!! Shouts of get rid coz he's played out of position in the first two games only as a result of the ineptitude of the board. Lunacy. We'll never move forward if this is the thinking. Keep and develop.

He carried the club on his shoulders and showed a lot of heart in the run in and a lot of running, setting a standard playing for his boyhood club which is why he got players player - I’m sure we would all run ourselves into the ground given the chance to play for Everton - ultimately he didn’t produce an awful lot with the ball though all season to contribute to not being in that scrap to begin with and hasn’t shown an awful lot to indicate what else he brings with the ball. Can’t keep him forever because he’s a local lad, in the hope he finds his niche. He might move on and become a world beater, as is the case with many footballers finding better fits in a certain systems/squads/management.

 

[Goat]

Did you think that?

Fair enough I suppose. I'm not saying he was brilliant, but thought he was ok. Hes inches away from scoring, made a few good runs, got a couple of good shots off, worked hard etc.

The TV pundit also noted he was decent. It doesnt make it right, but sort of re enforces how I felt about it.

What are people expecting from him out of position?

If you judge him as a young player leading the line in the hardest league in the world for the first time, then yes, he did ok.

But as a player leading the line for Everton, I thought he did poorly and along with the majority of our attacking players failed to build attacks.

 

[the golden visionary]

I'd bite their hands off for £50m. That would release enough funds for us to replace him with a really high-quality forward.

Who?

 

[Eggs]

Did you think that?

Fair enough I suppose. I'm not saying he was brilliant, but thought he was ok. Hes inches away from scoring, made a few good runs, got a couple of good shots off, worked hard etc.

The TV pundit also noted he was decent. It doesnt make it right, but sort of re enforces how I felt about it.

What are people expecting from him out of position?

…I agree. The thing for me is he gets himself in situations nobody else can do in our team because he can exploit space behind the opposition. Defenders won’t like facing him.

His issue is not exploiting the situations he creates for himself. If he did, we’d have some player on our hands.

 

[USABlue]

Think it's too late in the window for this

 

[ToffeeTim]

He's played fine

Not great, not bad

Fine. Average. Cromulent. So-so

Yet people act like he's been plop

I watched that Villa match with my United supporting uncle and he was full of praise for Gordon. My work colleagues who support other clubs all like Gordon and think we've got a really promising talent

Come on here though and he's poor or worse

We get the club we deserve

Its easy to be more objective as a neutral in a game you don't care about than when your own side are losing and carrying no goal threat.

He was poor and offered no threat, but not at all unexpected playing as a 9. I dont see what there is to gain here from saying he had a good game when he didn't. He could and maybe should have put that one away near the end and thats the fine margins in football. I have little doubt he will get better in front of goal but right this moment, he is lacking a bit of composure.

We dont want to become a team where nearly is good enough. We need to raise standards pretty urgently.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

I’m fairly sure a blind man can probably get a forward in that’ll get more than 4 goals for less than £50m in this day and age.

Moshiri: "hold my beer..."

 

[USABlue]

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.

This is where I'm at. Great potential and hard working player but it all comes down to if he can develop an end product

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Its easy to be more objective as a neutral in a game you don't care about than when your own side are losing and carrying no goal threat.

He was poor and offered no threat, but not at all unexpected playing as a 9. I dont see what there is to gain here from saying he had a good game when he didn't. He could and maybe should have put that one away near the end and thats the fine margins in football. I have little doubt he will get better in front of goal but right this moment, he is lacking a bit of composure.

We dont want to become a team where nearly is good enough. We need to raise standards pretty urgently.

Bit late for that...the issue is turning it around.

 

[4737carlin]

Look at what we got for Richarlison, sone people think Gordon is worth similar, obviously the FFP bought the Richy fee down even so Gordon isn't anything close, especially when we're desperate for a striker and funds would help.

 

[meagher94]

There's no indication anyone is going to offer £50m, the article just said that's what we value him at. We also valued Richarlison at £90m.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

…sorry, Mikey, this is a sentiment I can never understand. It’s almost saying posters shouldn’t have an opinion about a player, we should all post nice things. I’ve heard it said of managers too.

Footy is very emotive, fans have opinion because they care.

i actually like Gordon, he does things on the pitch no others can do but I understand the frustration of posters who see no end result. If he becomes effective, if he scores vital goals regularly it will catapult him to the top players. Until then, he will divide opinion & that’s what footy is about (unless we want to become RAWK where we give our players cosy nicknames and don’t criticise).

That’s not what I’m saying

Never has been what I’ve been saying

Never will be what I say

All I am saying is be fair and don’t massacre players for average performances, especially if they’re young

Young players should be graded on a curve, because they are still developing, so if a young lad goes in there and plays fine then that’s not grounds to slaughter them

Gordon has entered two average performances and people are going on like he was awful

There’s WAY more of ultra negativity than there is of OTT positivity

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Its easy to be more objective as a neutral in a game you don't care about than when your own side are losing and carrying no goal threat.

He was poor and offered no threat, but not at all unexpected playing as a 9. I dont see what there is to gain here from saying he had a good game when he didn't. He could and maybe should have put that one away near the end and thats the fine margins in football. I have little doubt he will get better in front of goal but right this moment, he is lacking a bit of composure.

We dont want to become a team where nearly is good enough. We need to raise standards pretty urgently.

He wasn’t poor

Perhaps some objectivity is required

 

[ToffeeTim]

He wasn’t poor

Perhaps some objectivity is required

He was a centre forward who carried little threat and snatched at a good chance. I dont see how he was good.

But anyway, he should never be asked to play that role.