2022/23 Demarai Gray

[Manx Blue]

He was let go by Leicester for being too inconsistent yet we crave consistency.

He's consistently inconsistent which means he isn't good enough for Everton like 95% of the current squad.

Our recruitment has been dire for 25 years or more.

 

[Paulie]

He needs to be played from the left, so he can cut in, that's his game. he also can hold the ball up better from that side as defenders get drawn to him and scared by him. But this isn't going to happen with Mcneil taking that spot. Get DCL back playing more in and around the 6yard box, and make his priority putting the ball in as early as possible. But again we need players getting to the box and supporting quicker..

Doucoure is the only midfielder who breaks forward really.

 

[Swartzy]

Doucoure is the only midfielder who breaks forward really.

Exactly, and this is the issue. One of many flaws we have sadly become accustomed to.

Gray a very talented player, but has never grown out of his biggest weakness, and that is he plays to his own game, not the team.
Yet he is still the only player we have out there that can frighten a defence and put them on the back foot..

 

[4737carlin]

For the budget we had last summer he was still a good buy, his goals and assists kept us up last season.

 

[jazzy]

What do you expect for £1.5 million? Yes he is infuriating but in all honesty he has performed beyond my expectations for him. Really should be an impact player off the bench

 

[nsno-chris]

Can’t wait till he doesn’t represent this club

 

[The binman chronicles]

He was playing well until Dyche decided to mix it all up. Not sure why we don't revert back and then put Dom on later in the game if we have Doucs and Onana back.

 

[micknick]

He was let go by Leicester for being too inconsistent yet we crave consistency.

He's consistently inconsistent which means he isn't good enough for Everton like 95% of the current squad.

Our recruitment has been dire for 25 years or more.

£1.8m for him is probably the best business we've done in years tbh.

 

[dannyboy]

He was playing well until Dyche decided to mix it all up. Not sure why we don't revert back and then put Dom on later in the game if we have Doucs and Onana back.

You are right. He was probably our best threat under Lampard. I've never particularly rated Gray but the last few weeks have been the worst he's played for us.

 

[PhilM]

£1.8m for him is probably the best business we've done in years tbh.

Without Gray, we'd be dead and buried already.

 

[micknick]

He was let go by Leicester for being too inconsistent yet we crave consistency.

He's consistently inconsistent which means he isn't good enough for Everton like 95% of the current squad.

Our recruitment has been dire for 25 years or more.

Also 25 years or more?! We were one of the best recruiters in the league during the Moyes years.

Players like Stones, Lescott, Jags, Pienaar, Cahill, Arteta all picked up for relatively small amounts and either turned a sizeable profit or became big players for the club.

Our recruitment went down hill the moment we had money. Clubs knew we had money and we were held to ransom. We had to over pay to get them and then had to over pay on wages to make them come to us.

 

[BNJ1878]

Great value.

The fact that we had to shop in the bargain bin isn't on Gray, that's on the board and their lack of long term thinking.

He'd make the bench of most premier league teams outside the top 4.

 

[PhilM]

Also 25 years or more?! We were one of the best recruiters in the league during the Moyes years.

Players like Stones, Lescott, Jags, Pienaar, Cahill, Arteta all picked up for relatively small amounts and either turned a sizeable profit or became big players for the club.

Our recruitment went down hill the moment we had money. Clubs knew we had money and we were held to ransom. We had to over pay to get them and then had to over pay on wages to make them come to us.

Additionally, we went away from the relatively successful process of buying youth and developing, to throwing money and wages at ‘established players’.

The problem was that these players were often not what we needed or would soon diminish. Like the teenager who gets £100 and blows it up the wall.

 

[Zatara]

£10mil fee in the summer ?

 

[micknick]

Additionally, we went away from the relatively successful process of buying youth and developing, to throwing money and wages at ‘established players’.

The problem was that these players were often not what we needed or would soon diminish. Like the teenager who gets £100 and blows it up the wall.

We tried to jump the building phase when if we had signed a group of young developing players we'd probably be reaping the benefits right about now.