Or our only winger
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james_v02
Player Valuation: £950k
That's true. I like some aspect of his game but his decision making is poor. There are times our LB is supporting him with an overlap but he tends to try to beat the opposition but failed. And only passes when he has no other options.
He has some quality with the way he hits his shots sometimes and sometimes he is able to beat oppositions and whip in a good cross. He looks better because of how poor Anthony Gordon is this season. But not good enough if we want to win many games.
twoblue
Player Valuation: £35m
Demarai Gray opens up on breakdowns he suffered at Leicester City
The Everton winger has spoken of his mental health struggles during his final couple of seasons at the King Power Stadium ahead of the meeting between his current and former clubs
BigDuncTributeBand
Player Valuation: £25m
Can’t say he’s not been given a fair crack at the whip - started all 13 league games, 1 goal and zero assists. Capable of moments of quality but not consistently if we’re looking to push up the league. If he wanted to go in the summer I’d have sold him and would look to do so this summer for sure.
As for him being our best winger this season, seems moot if you accept none of them have been good enough. The only thing in Gordon’s favour is he’s young and could improve.
As for him being our best winger this season, seems moot if you accept none of them have been good enough. The only thing in Gordon’s favour is he’s young and could improve.
Just criminally inconsistent is what he is. He's more than capable of whipping in a great cross but fails to do so 80% of the time.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Or did he deliver 100 that had us down there in the first place?
His set pieces are dreadful.
80% is pretty consistent Tbf, unfortunately it’s consistently poor!
CahillsCornerFlag
Player Valuation: £70m
To be fair to Gray, no matter how poorly he plays he will put one dangerous ball in every game that we should score from. We never do like but he does have good low crosses in his locker. I’d tell him to keep his game simple, buy half a yard and just keep firing them across the 6 yard box.
This is his saving grace and why he’s still in the team. That one moment of quality like the set piece that kept us up or the strike against Arsenal which he’s capable of and I’ve never seen Gordon produce and McNeil only twice but once but against us and the third against Palace the other week.
We have a great keeper, massively improve the defence and midfield last window but our attacking options need upgrading fast.
Hoping Gray can find his best form soon. I’m cautiously optimistic. We’ve seen glimpses of what he’s capable of, he just needs unlocking.
The Athletic article was an encouraging read, and I have respect for the decision he made to move to Germany, even if it didn’t work out. He clearly wants to be a success.
Hopefully Lampard can do for him what he did for Iwobi.
The Athletic article was an encouraging read, and I have respect for the decision he made to move to Germany, even if it didn’t work out. He clearly wants to be a success.
Hopefully Lampard can do for him what he did for Iwobi.
BigDuncTributeBand
Player Valuation: £25m
Yes, he’s capable of something special, he has talent, might be today against Leicester, might be next week, who knows. Problem is, Aaron Lennon, Bolasie, Walcott, Deloufeou to name a recent few all showed us what they were capable of in any given isolated game but weren’t good enough.
It’s doing it week in week out or at least more often than not that counts to be a starting 11 player in a team going for European places. Creating big chances, assisting, scoring goals, making the right decisions, playing the right final ball etc. Bottom line, wouldn’t be starting for any team going for Europe because he doesn’t have the consistent quality.
We have no other options this season so we obviously need to get behind him and support him and as long as he’s giving his best that’s all we can ask. Come the summer, one of the first to upgrade, if we want to improve next season.
This and if he could run towards the ball when our mids play a short pass to his feet. 2 small changes but would make such a big difference.
Will be up for it Vs his old club
Vaughan
Player Valuation: £35m
Article about him having mental breakdowns and the thread since it’s posted is full of ‘he’s too inconsistent’ …
He’s a good player and he’s also the level we are at now. We were a loss away from relegation yet our fans expect our forwards to be as consistent as Mane or Salah.
He’s actually the most consistently dangerous player in our team and his pace, ball carrying and delivery make him a threat for us. Dcl converts that tap in last week and hes a potential match winner. I think he’ll be important for us this year
He’s a good player and he’s also the level we are at now. We were a loss away from relegation yet our fans expect our forwards to be as consistent as Mane or Salah.
He’s actually the most consistently dangerous player in our team and his pace, ball carrying and delivery make him a threat for us. Dcl converts that tap in last week and hes a potential match winner. I think he’ll be important for us this year
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
I picture something like Jeffers v westerveld back in the day
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