Poor again, he plays with his head down. I hope Mykolenko gave him a right rollicking after the match, the number of times he overlapped at pace when Gray either, didn't see him, or chose not to pass to him, was shocking.
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….from being a consistent threat, he’s been consistently ordinary but from what I recall that’s what happened when he moved to Germany.
It became apparent that all he wanted to do (could do) was come inside and dribble across the penalty area, which I suspect Leicester noticed too.
Gordon had a poor start too but at least he grew into the game, which is more than we can say for Gray.
I think we've already had "value for money" with him regarding the transfer fee paid, but he's been off the pace a bit recently
If we can stay up then hopefully Lampard can get him right during pre-season
If we can stay up then hopefully Lampard can get him right during pre-season
Dixie1sixty
Player Valuation: £15m
He's becoming too predictable in his play.
Cuts inside all too often. He needs to focus on beating a man and whipping it in.
Cuts inside all too often. He needs to focus on beating a man and whipping it in.
gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £70m
After bursting on the scene with a spectacular goal at Goodison he's not kicked on and recent performances have been lacklustre.
I'd pick Dobbin before him.
I'd pick Dobbin before him.
Rudolf Hucker
Player Valuation: £30m
What’s happened to this lad?
Does the club actually employ a psychologist/mental coach, because we really have a lot of players capable on their day, but constantly under achieving.
What‘s that Steve Peters Chimp fella doing these days?
Does the club actually employ a psychologist/mental coach, because we really have a lot of players capable on their day, but constantly under achieving.
What‘s that Steve Peters Chimp fella doing these days?
toffee-L
Player Valuation: £20m
I will always be thankful for Gray as he provided a real bright spark during an absolutely dreadful time to be an Everton fan under Benitez. I think people need to be more realistic with him, he was a £1.7m punt because he was the poster boy for talented but hugely inconsistent footballers who have completely lost their way in the game. His form at the start of the season was completely alien to anything he's ever produced in top flight football before, and he was never going to sustain it.
Gray is a hugely frustrating player, I don't think I've ever seen anyone run down as many blind alleys as he does. But that's his level, he's never been a top player and he never will be. He is a talented boy who on his day is capable of doing something very special. I have no problem with him being a squad player if we stay up, but if we are still relying on him starting games next season then you will know that we haven't nearly strengthened our squad to the level that is required.
Gray is a hugely frustrating player, I don't think I've ever seen anyone run down as many blind alleys as he does. But that's his level, he's never been a top player and he never will be. He is a talented boy who on his day is capable of doing something very special. I have no problem with him being a squad player if we stay up, but if we are still relying on him starting games next season then you will know that we haven't nearly strengthened our squad to the level that is required.
he was desperate to score yesterday, as you say, he came inside every time onto his right foot to try and get a shot off, quite a few times Myolenko went on the overlap and wasn't played in, that in itself would have helped gray as defenders wouldn't know which option he was going to choose that may have given him half a yard to compose his shot better
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
Given he almost exclusively tried to cut inside, his ability to beat a man becomes irrelevant once he gets smothered out.
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
Another one coming back from injury getting written off
Honestly this is getting a bit weird. He missed about a week of training with a minor knock 2 months ago, he's not feeling his way back in after doing his ACL. He doesn't need to be written off but he's been poor for a good while now and seeing as his entire career has been pretty underwhelming it's not a huge surprise that people are starting to question if he's actually got what it takes in the long run.
Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £60m
Agree, most of his goals came in the first few games of the season and then he did his usual drift off form after that. That is Demarai Grays career summed up. It's plainly obvious to see that the lad has ability on the ball but he isn't really much of a team player, and he struggles to put any kind of form runs together. He strikes me as one of those kids who fell into football because they happened to be good at it rather than because they actually wanted to be a footballer.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
He's a counter attacking player who lives off running onto through balls / playing off the defenders shoulder.
Playing Lampard's possession based system doesn't really suit him.
Another victim of our change in manager styles from one appointment to the next.
Playing Lampard's possession based system doesn't really suit him.
Another victim of our change in manager styles from one appointment to the next.
atypicalusername
Player Valuation: £35m
That's true although the same was said of Robben and he was pretty good. I think defenders are onto him though like you said.
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