2021/22 Alex Iwobi

[Joey66]

Wouldnt look out of place in that Norwich side.

He would not get in there side ..,

 

[TheBigIguana]

6/10 is better than 4/10. But he's got to give us a bit more.

 

[Mikey O]

Sorry to get on the lad's back but he does seem to stop the side making rapid progress. Hopefully will take the opportunity he's been given and take a couple of shots when at the edge of the area.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Back to being frustrating Iwobi. Always the odd flash, looks like he's turned a corner... then meh.

 

[Cameron Manning]

I'm not one of those mad people who think I can do a better job than professional managers, scouts etc. They're paid for a reason, they've shown at least a degree of proven aptitude in their field and I haven't.

However, like most people who are fans of the sport, I can tell when a player is generally good or bad. I can't always make out the little differences in footballers in terms of judging potential - like I had no clue DCL would end up as good as he is etc. but, generally, if I'm watching football I can tell a good player from a bad one fairly easily.

So you can imagine my astonishment and dismay when, after watching Alex Iwobi many times at Arsenal and considering him one of the luckiest footballers alive to have a career in a top European league, Everton decide to throw nearly £30m at Arsenal for him in a blatant panic buy.

I'd have understood if this was someone with potential who'd lost his way - an Anthony Martial perhaps. Or even a random one from abroad like Davy Klaassen, where your scouts have just made a mistake on a players suitability for the league.

But no matter what way I look at Alex Iwobi, I will never, ever understand how the footballing professionals at Everton looked at him playing football - in the same league at a stronger club, offering precisely nothing his entire career thus far - and thought, yes, £28m is a fee we're willing to pay for him to play at Goodison Park. It's one of the most incredible transfers you'll ever see, and if you weren't generally aware of how incompetent our club is, you'd assume there was some shady shenaningans involved in this deal, because it makes absolutely no sense.

I don't hate Alex Iwobi. I don't generally hate anyone who takes advantage of our stupidity - good on them, not their fault we're morons. But my word he is truly terrible at football, to the point where I genuinely think he'd struggle to get regular football on merit a few divisions below us.

Sigurdsson is the all time worst Everton signing. Iwobi has to be a strong contender for the number two slot. It's a transfer so bad that it has me nearly convinced I - or pretty much any of you - would be better at being a Director of Football in the transfer market than Marcel Brands. You can count the amount of people on here who'd have paid £28m for Iwobi on one hand, if not one finger, yet the man we employ for our transfer strategy did it. It boggles the mind.

I’m like you an ordinary supporter but if someone had asked me what I thought of him as a footballer before he came to Everton I would have had to,put my hands up and say “ I haven’t got a clue” but after watching him play a dozen games or less for Everton I was amazed we’d paid so much money for him, I would have swerved him for his simple lack of bottle, no heart for a tackle, no real belief in himself, £28M? His agent must be as brilliant, as for the Everton man who sanctioned this deal the least said the better.

 

[Tubey]

I’m like you an ordinary supporter but if someone had asked me what I thought of him as a footballer before he came to Everton I would have had to,put my hands up and say “ I haven’t got a clue” but after watching him play a dozen games or less for Everton I was amazed we’d paid so much money for him, I would have swerved him for his simple lack of bottle, no heart for a tackle, no real belief in himself, £28M? His agent must be as brilliant, as for the Everton man who sanctioned this deal the least said the better.

He was exactly the same at Arsenal, no difference.

 

[kenada_blue]

Give Gordon more minutes

 

[nsno-chris]

Give Gordon more minutes

Give Gordon Iwobi’s place

 

[terryefc]

He's a classic indoor 5 a side player. Very tidy feet but ineffective in 11 a side. Seems to lack belief.
I'd make him the captain.

 

[allen]

He moves with the ball like he’s about to do something brilliant with it, but that moment never comes.

 

[kenada_blue]

Give Gordon Iwobi’s place

Not even joking. He'd offer the same level of performance but is young enough to improve and may turn up

 

[nsno-chris]

Not even joking. He'd offer the same level of performance but is young enough to improve and may turn up

Personally think he’d offer a bit more because he drives at defenders, Iwobi seems like he’s running through treacle.

 

[Cels]

Alex Iwobis' performance against Norwich wasn't terrible but it was a bit on the bipolar side. At first, you think he's going to have a poor game, then he looks like he's going to have a good game only to start playing poorly again, and back and forth he goes. Bit of a weird mix from a player in the same game. But I feel he offers us something and is a good squad player, so I'm not going to get on his case.

 

[Toffee in Jandals]

He needs to study how Demarai Gray plays football. Less stopovers, more direct, more pace, see the goal, shoot. It’s a simple game.

 

[GoldenToffee]

If only we could sell him. Reality is he's here until his contract ends in 2025.