Anthony Gordon

[duo]

18 hours ago, Heron said:

I find him canny frustrating this season tbh. Feel like he's never really got going with any real consistency.

 

Clearly a very good player and when he's on his game he's unplayable, just don't think he's found the form he had prior to the Euros.

He's had flashes this season but hasn't hit the same levels as last.  Cross/final ball has been lacking of late.

[The College Dropout]

I’m hoping he can take his box instincts to another level. Not sure if he has the finishing ability.  
I compare him a little to Sadio Mane. Fast, great engine, hard worker. Sadios movement and timing of the runs was elite. With Gordon he doesn’t have elite technical ability and I don’t think his finishing will be as good as Manes in the box. But I think Gordon can sniff out the goals.

[Joelinton7]

He’s absolutely class and there shouldn’t be any knocking of him. He was left out to dry by an ultra conservative England manager in the summer, then had a delayed pre-season with us. Took him a while to get up to the speed of everybody else because of that but he did because he put the graft in because he’s a proper pro with a great head on his shoulders.
 

He’s gonna’ get double figures again this season for goals and won’t be far off the same with assists. He walks into any clubs’ LW spot in the country. He loves it in Newcastle and basically told Liverpool and whoever else to get fkd in the summer. Let’s just be proud and happy that he plays for us. 

[Roids]

3 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

I’m hoping he can take his box instincts to another level. Not sure if he has the finishing ability.  
I compare him a little to Sadio Mane. Fast, great engine, hard worker. Sadios movement and timing of the runs was elite. With Gordon he doesn’t have elite technical ability and I don’t think his finishing will be as good as Manes in the box. But I think Gordon can sniff out the goals.

He's nothing like Mane who had a lot of tech as you mention. Similarities start and end with pace except Mane could use his pace alongside his tech, Gordon's more of a willing roadrunner.

[The College Dropout]

1 minute ago, Roids said:

He's nothing like Mane who had a lot of tech as you mention. Similarities start and end with pace except Mane could use his pace alongside his tech, Gordon's more of a willing roadrunner.

I think Gordon's box instincts are good and that was one of Mane's strengths. But Gordon doesn't have that late run-in-the-box type movement and he's an inferior finisher off both feet.. and in the air. Mane was a top bins lad, Gordon likes to shoot low and safe.

 

One of the things I associate with Mane most is the sharpness of the mind and feet, getting scrappy goals. I think Gordon has that ability.

[Roids]

5 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

I think Gordon's box instincts are good and that was one of Mane's strengths. But Gordon doesn't have that late run-in-the-box type movement and he's an inferior finisher off both feet.. and in the air. Mane was a top bins lad, Gordon likes to shoot low and safe.

 

One of the things I associate with Mane most is the sharpness of the mind and feet, getting scrappy goals. I think Gordon has that ability.

Not meaning to come across combative but you compare him to Mane and then correctly highlight a few major attributes that he lacks (movement, finishing, technique, aerial prowess, dribbling(my addition)) in comparison.

 

I think Gordon plays like a better Jacob Murphy, grafters who both play head down and direct with the ultimate intention of getting a shot off. He lacks the all round game (due to his technical limitations) to be compared to Mane imo. 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Roids