McCormick Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Thought he looked lively and should have had a goal. Hard to argue that we currently look worse with him in the team though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Looks short of match fitness and confidence, should have scored. Let’s start judging him next season when he could have a lot more game time. The game completely changed when he came off. Mind you, Isak; sky’s not the limit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Sometimes it can take players a while to settle in. Similar happened with Gary Speed - he eventually went on to be a great signing and an integral part of SBR's side. Gordon will be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeT44 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Think he will benefit from a full pre season with Eddie and team. I had my worries when we signed him, but while he is wearing black and white he will have my support. Right now I think can't fault his commitment, work rate etc. Just end product. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 He’s trying a bit too hard at the moment. You knew when he missed those two chances his head was going to go a little. It’s a maturity thing. He’s only really been knocking around at this level for a couple of seasons and has had a properly bruising first half to the season. It’ll come with time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 1 hour ago, The College Dropout said: This is a weird argument to me. People have suggested he’s not a £40m player and we should have spent the money on someone that is. I didn’t think he was particularly talented and I still don’t. He’s shown little in thr way of genuine quality. I like him as an impact sub again at tired minds annd legs atm. How can you know yet if he's a £40 million player when he is so young? At his age the fee is not for the player he is right now. Who on Earth thought Joelinton was a £40 million player when we bought him for example? He's ended up being worth even more than that. Just relax and let the man settle in. Way too early for making all these calls on the guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 1 hour ago, loki679 said: Sold in a year or two. In five years he'll be one of those 'shit, I forgot he played for us' players. You people never learn man. It's like you're desperate to make a fool of yourself How may players at the club will be written off only to end up embarrassing you lot. Humble yourself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, KaKa said: You people never learn man. It's like you're desperate to make a fool of yourself How may players at the club will be written off only to end up embarrassing you lot. Humble yourself. Wish I had your confidence, Kaka! But I hope that all of us negative cunts think the same as me, that I want him to come good but I just cant see it (right now) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 He has played less than 400 minutes for us, have some patience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 You can see that he is desperate to impress, and I think that hurts his decision making. I think we can see the potential is there, and he will come good. Next season he will have had some time to gel and a full preseason, and he will have much improved performances. He is just 22 as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I can't believe we haven't sold him yet. Sack the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 He's had 3 starts and two of them when the midfield balance has been lost with Longstaff missing. Thought the timing of his runs was good and although it ended up becoming too predictable in the end him been willing to go so much on his left was a positive sign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Lacks a ton of aggression in his play. Too passive for my liking right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, worthy said: Wish I had your confidence, Kaka! But I hope that all of us negative cunts think the same as me, that I want him to come good but I just cant see it (right now) Yeah, I know you can't see it. Like you couldn't see it for any of the other players. I have no idea how it's going to pan out for him, but I'm certainly not going to write him off after a few months and keep on over reacting to every performance acting as if he's the worst player we've ever seen. I really don't know what you lot are trying to prove with this kid man. It's ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) Was lively first half, should feel hard done by coming off but the tactical change made sense so it was him or Murphy. His pace and directness will be great attributes for us and he'll be an integral part of our team Im sure. Had that shot been 6 inches to the right opinions would be less short sighted. Writing off a new young singing 3 months in Edited April 30, 2023 by Super Duper Branko Strupar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, KaKa said: Yeah, I know you can't see it. Like you couldn't see it for any of the other players. I have no idea how it's going to pan out for him, but I'm certainly not going to write him off after a few months and keep on over reacting to every performance acting as if he's the worst player we've ever seen. I really don't know what you lot are trying to prove with this kid man. It's ridiculous. Sadly a lot of people had made up their minds before he even stepped on the pitch for us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 35 minutes ago, KaKa said: Yeah, I know you can't see it. Like you couldn't see it for any of the other players. I have no idea how it's going to pan out for him, but I'm certainly not going to write him off after a few months and keep on over reacting to every performance acting as if he's the worst player we've ever seen. I really don't know what you lot are trying to prove with this kid man. It's ridiculous. I mean that is by far fair enough for sure. But I truly hope he makes me look like a utter twat more then I possibly can do myself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 It also shouldn't be forgotten that the lad was coached mainly by Wank Lampard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Thought he was decent until he hit the post and then he seemed to lose all confidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Think he did alot more than Murphy in the first half, don't think he did much wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Disagree with those saying he did well, while i don't want to be too harsh on the lad but his end product and decision making look so poor, he's not a youngster coming from our academy but a 40m signing, he lost his shit when Howe took him off a few weeks back and when he got his two starts he's done very little to show what he can offer, the fact that we took him off at half time and within less than 10 minutes Isak assists from the same position and the whole game changes shows he's still got a lot of work and learning to do, hopefully he'll be able to get better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I thought today showed he's very two footed, as well as reinforced his pace and directness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said: Disagree with those saying he did well, while i don't want to be too harsh on the lad but his end product and decision making look so poor, he's not a youngster coming from our academy but a 40m signing, he lost his shit when Howe took him off a few weeks back and when he got his two starts he's done very little to show what he can offer, the fact that we took him off at half time and within less than 10 minutes Isak assists from the same position and the whole game changes shows he's still got a lot of work and learning to do, hopefully he'll be able to get better. Needs a full pre-season to get up to speed. He'll come good eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1892 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) While not being outstanding I thought he was our only real attacking threat in the first half, it looked like the issue in the first half was that Southampton played with a high line so we were relying on getting in behind but because the midfield were not offering anything Isak was dropping deep to pick the ball up, so when it did go to Gordon there wasn’t much support for him. That changed in the second half with Wilson coming on and they were pushed back as we increased the intensity, it also helped Joelinton who was the right side of midfield in the first half and not even in the game. Overall I see Gordon as being in a similar position to where Willock was at the end of last season and the early months of this one, he has something about it but it hasn’t clicked for him yet and he needs some coaching on his positioning on and off the ball. Howe sees something there that he believes he can develop and I’m interested in seeing what the end product will look like. Edited April 30, 2023 by Matt1892 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 the important thing is that he's improving with every game. today was his best performance so far. was direct, hit the post, inches wide on another, got into the box regularly but occasionally ran into traffic rather than releasing the ball. no worse than murphy's early performances, but because of where we currently are we expect more from him. the price wasnt his fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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