2020/21 Jean-Philippe Gbamin

[John from Bootle]

you mean looking after its employees, I cant believe what I am reading here, yes he has cost the club a load of money but what is the alternative? Throw him under a bus?? Its part of the game, suck it up. He'll be back when he is fit

Spot on. We could wave goodbye to ever signing a player again if we didn't just let the lad get fit.

It's not even like he's been crying off with a 'tight' groin every other week. He's had 2 serious injuries. I actually feel sorry for the lad, in context.

 

[UltraVires]

Really can’t understand some views about in this thread.

Yes he has been injured the entire time he’s been with us and yes it looks like Brands wasted a lot of money BUT the injury was hardly foreseeable and he had attracted a lot of attention prior to him signing for us.

As such, you have to say that Brands got a good signing at the time - you can’t help these things and we cannot let it put us off trying to sign a young gem like Gbamin was/is thought to be.

 

[John from Bootle]

Its not the lads fault but I think if us fans were given an update on any improvement going on it would help to keep us happier.

But we've been told he's back in training. What do you want? Daily updates of his GPS data?

 

[toffee-boy]

how old is the lad? just thinking if he can get back to where he was before his injury? i know that coleman and gomes looks like they have lost half a yard after their's

 

[Toffe3m4n]

how old is the lad? just thinking if he can get back to where he was before his injury? i know that coleman and gomes looks like they have lost half a yard after their's

25/26 I think

 

[Bebeto]

He's back, Carlo confirmed before the Arsenal game

Ancelotti has been vague about it...not very clear to me that he is back in the UK. Maybe he was back briefly to meet up with the coaching and medical staff. I have a feeling that he is still in France and will be there until early next month. The fact that there is no pics at all from him or video for a good while now is very telling.

 

[brian labone]

To be fair though he does get asked about almost weekly in the pressers.

yeah but its only to say he is doing fine, but never any details or when he is likely to play again

 

[brian labone]

But we've been told he's back in training. What do you want? Daily updates of his GPS data?

I am not asking for daily reports I am just asking for an occasional reports. Why do some people pick bones on asking a simple question.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Perhaps the club are doing absolutely everything they can to ensure he’s rehabilitated and any chance of re-injury is mitigated.

Mate this is precisely what they're doing. You'd be just as well telling this to the lamppost outside your house than some on here.

 

[Bluestar]

Mate this is precisely what they're doing. You'd be just as well telling this to the lamppost outside your house than some on here.

Exactly, the last big update we had, he was undergoing fitness training with a French sports fitness company. He’s been out so long, they will want him to go through a programme to ensure he’s over it and rests to return. They don’t want to risk another breakdown.

 

[roy vernon]

This lad has had a terrible run of luck. It was, in all likelihood, started by the then manager of Everton FC Marco Silva, rushing him into the first team when he was obviously not ready. It follows that Everton have a responsibility to the player to give him every opportunity to rescue his career.

Having him do his rehab in France, away from our medical staff was probably the best way to do this. I think it is probably best just to let him continue with his rehab out of the spotlight and accept that, at this stage, it looks like being next season before we see him involved with the first team.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Journos seem to have stopped asking about him in the pressers.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Wonder if he's completely finished?

Been 7 months since his achilles injury so he should really be back with the squad by now.

 

[FTY]

Wonder if he's completely finished?

Been 7 months since his achilles injury so he should really be back with the squad by now.

Any other examples of a player coming back from 18 months out and doing well?

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Any other examples of a player coming back from 18 months out and doing well?

I remember hearing about Mings when he was at Bournemouth, not 18 mths like but he was out for over a year.