Anthony Gordon

[madras]

Nursing his way through games which I guess are his instructions, save yourself for when you have the ball.

[BeloEmre]

3 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

 

Already has.

This. Looks totally lost after 10min.

[Ikon]

Why not rest him for a game or two to help us going forward by having him fresh instead? Some will say that Howe would receive shite and blah blah. It’s his job to make these decisions and I think most would understand. Ps Eddie has my support but I just don’t understand some of his choices. 

[madras]

6 minutes ago, Ikon said:

Why not rest him for a game or two to help us going forward by having him fresh instead? Some will say that Howe would receive shite and blah blah. It’s his job to make these decisions and I think most would understand. Ps Eddie has my support but I just don’t understand some of his choices. 

If we rest everyone that needs it we'll be calling up under 16s to the bench. They're struggling through to this break and hopefully getting players back, putting out players and tactics trying to balance the little we have left with trying to grab something.

[Ikon]

3 minutes ago, madras said:

If we rest everyone that needs it we'll be calling up under 16s to the bench. They're struggling through to this break and hopefully getting players back, putting out players and tactics trying to balance the little we have left with trying to grab something.

Im not saying everyone am I? I’m saying Gordon. Even if most of the players are super tired then suuuuurely a very fresh and sharp looking Gordon would give us a much better chance of a threat and help us to win games? A game or two off and he might be able to look at his best for quite a few instead of looking half dead compared to his usual self? 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2024 by Ikon

[madras]

1 minute ago, Ikon said:

Im not saying everyone am I? I’m saying Gordon. Even if most of the players are super tired then suuuuurely a very fresh and sharp looking Gordon would give us a much better chance of a threat and help us to win games? A game or two off and he might be able to look at his best for quite a few instead of looking half dead compared to his usual self? 

 

 

 

Why just Gordon ? The same goes for 4 or 5 out there tonight, they play and have played when they ideally wouldnt have because of the lack of bodies.

[Ikon]

4 minutes ago, madras said:

Why just Gordon ? The same goes for 4 or 5 out there tonight, they play and have played when they ideally wouldnt have because of the lack of bodies.

Because he is one of our very few threats and we don’t have too many options to rest all of them at once obviously. Resting one would at least help a bit in the medium term. Doing something, resting one key player is better than none. 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2024 by Ikon

[Decky]

He needs a break but we’ve five days until Sunderland and then a full week to City, then two weeks off. He’ll get his break there, we can’t afford to be dropping him at the minute. 

[Ikon]

3 minutes ago, Decky said:

He needs a break but we’ve five days until Sunderland and then a full week to City, then two weeks off. He’ll get his break there, we can’t afford to be dropping him at the minute. 

 Well we are pretty close to the break now aye. But I don’t remember when he was able to run properly like he does when at his best. No one can convince me otherwise that we wouldn’t have benefited if we had rested him for a game or two . Because he hasn’t exactly been able to contribute anyway overall in the last I don’t know how many games. 

[madras]

6 minutes ago, Ikon said:

Because he is one of our very few threats and we don’t have too many options to rest all of them at once obviously. Resting one would at least help a bit in the medium term. Doing something, resting one key player is better than none. 

 

 

 

But that's why he plays, because he one of the few threats and they know we have a gap coming and hopefully Barnes and Murphy coming back.

[Decky]

Just now, Ikon said:

 Well we are pretty close to the break now aye. But I don’t remember when he was able to run properly like he does when at his best. No one can convince me otherwise that we wouldn’t have benefited if we had rested him for a game or two . Because he hasn’t exactly been able to contribute anyway overall in the last I don’t know how many games. 

Got an assist today and should have had another at Luton to be fair. When you compare that to Almiron who has 6 assists since he signed id play a tired Gordon all day knowing we’ve more time off between games now. 

[Ikon]

4 minutes ago, madras said:

But that's why he plays, because he one of the few threats and they know we have a gap coming and hopefully Barnes and Murphy coming back.

 You just don’t get it do you  Yeah it’s next to pointless to rest him now. And if we had rested him before (earlier when he was dead) then he would have contributed and helped us to more points by having him fresh and able to run. We would have missed him or been maybe slightly worse but in the other games he would have been fresh and helped us a lot more. 
 

It doesn’t mean that he hasn’t done one or two things right despite playing knackered, he has. But he would have done much much more if slightly fresher. Which would have helped us overall. 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2024 by Ikon

[madras]

Just now, Ikon said:

 You just don’t get it do you  Yeah it’s next to pointless to rest him now. And if we had rested him before then he would have contributed and helped us to more points by having him fresh and able to run. We would have missed him or been maybe slightly worse but in the other games he would have been fresh and helped us a lot more. 

I do get it but if he done that, we get beat and he gets slaughtered for not using a player who could've played.

 

Seems like plenty of hindsight coming into play.

[Ikon]

4 minutes ago, madras said:

I do get it but if he done that, we get beat and he gets slaughtered for not using a player who could've played.

 

Seems like plenty of hindsight coming into play.

I have already made a point and an argument regarding this before so I will say it again. I’m sure most would understand if he rested Gordon judging by the way he has looked. Also, it’s his job to make these decisions and not be afraid of that some fans might get angry about it. Clear as a day that he has hit a wall a while back Gordon. It’s not like there aren’t any unhappy fans out there now. Quite a few unreasonably unhappy too. 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2024 by Ikon

[madras]

2 minutes ago, Ikon said:

I have already made a point and an argument regarding this before so I will say it again. I’m sure most would understand if he rested Gordon judging by the way he has looked. Also, it’s his job to make these decisions and not be afraid of that some fans might get angry about it. Clear as a day that he has hit a wall a while back Gordon. It’s not like there aren’t any unhappy fans out there now. Quite a few unreasonably unhappy too. 

 

 

 

Were you saying this 6 weeks ago ? Fair dues if you did.

 

 

Edited January 1, 2024 by madras

[Ikon]

1 minute ago, madras said:

Were you saying this 6 weeks ago ? Fair dues if you did.

 

 

 

I’ve said it a while back too, not sure how far back it was, maybe a month or so. Might not even been on this particular forum. 

[huss9]

looked more mobile tonight than he has done for weeks.

think he'll be great on saturday.

[Holloway]

Looks about 80% to me but improving

[Myleftboot]

Think he’ll take the piss against the unwashed.

[SUPERTOON]

Highlight of the match 

 

https://x.com/itvfootball/status/1743637477653397671?s=20

[TRon]

On 02/01/2024 at 00:55, Myleftboot said:

Think he’ll take the piss against the unwashed.

 

 

He did like. Good call.

[NEEJ]

[Aiston]

Cracking game from him.

 

Hope he gave Hume his shirt

 

[nufc123]

So good at winning fouls. So good.

[Yorkie]

Embarrassed them on numerous occasions today. Penalty was the icing on the cake.