England’s Anthony Gordon

[La Parka]

Ibe. 

[KaKa]

4 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

I had taken a bit of a step back from posting on match days for my mental health as the people who disagreed with me being so direct and insulting were really taking their toll.

 

I'll stop voicing my opinions again.

 

Maybe try posting when things are going well too, so you don't come across so badly. It is grating.

[astraguy]

Harsh sub that,was our best player Murphy would of made more sense

[Deuce]

30 minutes ago, Zero said:

He needs time.

The only correct answer.

 

They’d not have spent as much as they did if they thought he was a part-time, Champo-level player.

[Geordie Boyo]

4 minutes ago, astraguy said:

Harsh sub that,was our best player Murphy would of made more sense

Not clinical enough. We can’t take the risk knowing we have better attacking options. Harsh on him, but the right decision. 

[KaKa]

3 minutes ago, Deuce said:

The only correct answer.

 

They’d not have spent as much as they did if they thought he was a part-time, Champo-level player.

 

Left to some 'supporters' they'd sooner see the guy driven out of the club after a few months, just to make themselves feel better.

 

Never satisfied unless there is someone to denigrate and pile on. So fucking toxic man.

[GEFAFWISP]

4D chess playing Gordon first half only to rope a dope Wilson on for the second and demolish Southampton.

[David Edgar]

You're building a straw man argument there. 

 

His end product was poor today and contributed to us being behind (in that he clearly isn't fluid in our system and the team suffered as a result).  We took him off and the team improved massively.  

 

People have concerns that he isn't at the quality to contribute now and that he never will be.  That doesn't mean people don't want him to succeed and that they want to see "the guy driven out of the club". 

 

People can also use a public forum to express this displeasure or frustration at the team or players when things aren't going well.

 

 

Edited April 30, 2023 by David Edgar

[Donut]

Started well with some good runs and moves. Missed a sitter, got out thought by their defenders as the game progressed, moved to the right where he didn't do much. Not terrible, not great and probably not ready to start for us yet tbf.

 

[Dr Venkman]

I compared this lad to HBA and I'd like to apologise to The Universe. At the moment he's far too predictable.

[worthy]

1 minute ago, Dr Venkman said:

I compared this lad to HBA and I'd like to apologise to The Universe. At the moment he's far too predictable.

More like Obertan right now.

[Nine]

As I’ve said before, how people can offer judgement on this kid already after seeing the vast improvement of players under this management as time has gone on is mental to me. 
 

He’s had such limited minutes, and he was lively for the first 20 mins today. Linked up well with Isak a couple of times by making good runs that he got on the end of, had that have gone in off the post no one would question him this afternoon. Fine margins between emotions swinging one way or the other for some. For me it’s a mental thing, when he’s had minutes he’s lacked composure because he seems so desperate to impress and get a goal/assist for himself.. looks like he’s feeling the pressure a bit to me. He probably reads what the fans are saying and wants to prove himself. Outside of that, if you can’t see the natural ability and potential here then you don’t know what you are looking at. I have massive faith he will come good, probably next season when he will get more game time due to the European fixtures. 

 

 

Edited April 30, 2023 by Nine

[Holloway]

He started well, then faded a bit. Some massive overreactions here

[Hanshithispantz]

How people can turn that 45 into a negative is mind boggling like 

 

[Rafalove]

I have faith he’ll come good. Maybe Eddie will need a pre-season to work his magic in him but he’ll get there.

[PauloGeordio]

41 minutes ago, Deuce said:

The only correct answer.

 

They’d not have spent as much as they did if they thought he was a part-time, Champo-level player.

Eddie Howe has been tracking him for some time. I’ll trust him on this. 

[Smal]

He needs to be restricted to sub appearances for the rest of the season and then get a full pre-season under his belt here. I think that will help him a lot. More than anything at the moment he lacks the intensity and concentration required to help the team function well.

[Collage]

Raw. There's talent there but he shouldn't start games.

[mouldy_uk]

Surely people aren’t writing him off already, they’ve seen what Howe has done with Joe and Longstaff?

 

He’ll come good, but I think he’s fortunate that we are on such a good run that we don’t need him firing on all cylinders yet.

[TBG]

 

 

 

 

Edited April 30, 2023 by TBG

[The Butcher]

Our best player in the first half. Had that RB on toast and the only one who created owt. I'm sure he would have grabbed himself a goal had he stayed on.

 

Some really promising signs imo.

 

 

[TRon]

2 minutes ago, Rafalove said:

I have faith he’ll come good. Maybe Eddie will need a pre-season to work his magic in him but he’ll get there.

 

I've backed him all the way and still do, but he was off it today and rightly replaced at half time. It doesn't mean he's a bad player, but he wasn't on it today. It's as simple as that.

[Aiston]

He was decent in the first half, should have scored the sitter though.

 

 

[Hanshithispantz]

Honestly if that was Isak in the first half people would have been claiming he terrorised the Southampton defence. He played really well 

 

[toontownman]

Well there is always a cost with Eddies black magic. He has transformed Murphy. It just came at the cost of turning Gordon into Murphy. Incredibly unlucky not to get two cracking goals today. It will come.