I hope, when he returns from what has been a very poor loan (I think Preston need to shoulder most of the blame for that), he sits down with Ancelotti and Gordon listens to what Ancelotti is telling him. He seems a good player, who you would hope can contribute here, but he's got a long way to develop.....yep, I concentrate more on Gordon because he’s an Academy graduate. He’s in that slightly different Academy category that actually broke into the squad and made appearances before not pushing on & going on loan. Perhaps he could be in the grouping with Pennington, Galloway (I appreciate he was purchased into the Academy) & even Kenny.
Osman was a serious talent. Probably only 2nd to Rooney in my many years watching the youngsters. The club knew what they had.
Similar to yourself, I’m an admirer of Gordon. He can leave opposition players behind with that sway and very decent acceleration. He’s also a very good striker of the ball (notice he was given responsibility for free-kicks into the box with the first team). I just feel he concentrated on being ‘safe’ for Ancelotti, focusing more on what he did without the ball than with it.
i haven’t given up hope, but the signs aren’t good. The really good ones have arrogance & real belief in their ability.
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