Many of those games were off the bench. His stats aren't good though, no better than Iwobi's for us based on a similar number of games (again many from the bench). He scores the odd worldie but apart from that offers little. I don't know why people think this will improve and I guarantee many of those supporting the purchase now will be slagging him off well before Christmas.
I liked Gray when he was around 21, but he hasn't just not improved but also gone very much backwards since then. What makes you think he will get that 21 form back? Players like Pienaar are the exception, not the rule. We'll see I suppose. I might be pleasantly surprised which won't be difficult as my expectations are close to zero with him.
These are all opinions of course. We'll see which one of us is right in a few month time. At the end of the day I hope I'm the one who is wrong because I want us to do well.
Look, despite employing Benitez, I did feel fairly optimistic about this season because I believe we have good players in the squad and are 2 or 3 positions away from a strong first XI if we purchased well. But the purchases so far have been totally underwhelming, and the news that we are selling our best player has left me totally devastated as an Everton supporter.