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5 minutes ago, Away Toon said:

Best game he's had so far. I'd like to see him replace Almiron but not sure how effective he would be playing on the right.


Yeah, I keep thinking I’d like to see him at least have a go on the right. He is quite two footed in comparison to a lot of our players. But I suppose you would be taking away his main weapon. That quick shift inside and the pass and move. 
 

Barnes has been really bad in his last two sub apps and all. So can’t see it happening for a while. 
 

Does seem a bit mad if we are going into the season with Almiron and Murphy as our right wingers. 

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23 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:


Yeah, I keep thinking I’d like to see him at least have a go on the right. He is quite two footed in comparison to a lot of our players. But I suppose you would be taking away his main weapon. That quick shift inside and the pass and move. 
 

Barnes has been really bad in his last two sub apps and all. So can’t see it happening for a while. 
 

Does seem a bit mad if we are going into the season with Almiron and Murphy as our right wingers. 


When we signed Gordon I thought one of the ideas behind it was to challenge Almiron. Gordon played on the right for Everton for quite a few games in his breakthrough season and was brilliant. He could go down the outside and whip some great balls in, certainly for Isak making near post runs, or come inside and still be direct that way. Very surprised at how reluctant Howe has been to play him there and that it seemingly wasn’t part of the thinking. Now that he happens to be excelling at LW is a little bit of a conundrum because you want him to keep going but I do think Almiron needs rotating and I think Barnes will add goals / assists one he is starting games, but I think he’s less flexible position-wise than Gordon. 

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1 hour ago, STM said:

I'm not quite sure what's going on but Gordon being our star and Bruno being criticised is not what I was expecting 3 games in.[emoji38]

The sentiment has flipped already [emoji38]

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7 minutes ago, ilikenewcastle said:

Absolutely gutted his goal counts for nothing. Would have been a beautiful moment for the lad. What's clear though is that we've knocked the Everton out of him and he's starting to look like a real player.

 

One of the things I hated about him at Everton was how easy he used to go to ground to try and win free kicks all the time. At the end of last season he struggled to bed himself in with the squad but during the summer break he's clearly been coached well and now seems to be one of our best players.

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He's quality mind. Most I've ever felt being wrong about a player we've signed. I probably just didn't watch Everton enough to judge him tbf because they are shite. Love his dribbling, ability to go outside or inside, and willingness to attempt incisive through balls.

 

Really hopeful he can thrive. He's doing well on that side but I do wonder if we could get him on the right with Barnes left.

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9 hours ago, Stottie said:

A brilliant performance from him which deserved a win. Great movement and never loses the ball.

 

He gets lots of hate for reasons I can't quite comprehend, I think it is some combination of his face, his accent, his history with prior clubs, and his tenaciousness on the field, so huge amounts of noise to screen out about him. If you'll excuse the politics, some of the noise will be from folks with otherwise progressive views, because kicking down on people who seem working class or "common" never gets the limelight other forms of prejudice do. 

 

 

 

Not sure class has much to do with it and that kind of prejudice works both ways. The majority of English footballers seem to come from working class backgrounds. I agree on his accent (more as it’s scouse) and looks though, which definitely unfairly create a more negative perception of someone. 

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Ideal game for him yesterday. Playing against TAA who can't defend for shit.

 

He is rapid but can also play good through ball :thup: 

 

Pity his goal won't be remembered after that result, but his talent is clear for all to see.

 

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1 hour ago, ponsaelius said:

He's quality mind. Most I've ever felt being wrong about a player we've signed. I probably just didn't watch Everton enough to judge him tbf because they are shite. Love his dribbling, ability to go outside or inside, and willingness to attempt incisive through balls.

 

Really hopeful he can thrive. He's doing well on that side but I do wonder if we could get him on the right with Barnes left.

Think there’s a very good chance we’ll see Gordon on the right at some point but not starting. When his fitness is up to the full 90 I can see him switching to the right towards the end of matches with Barnes coming on 

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Just now, gbandit said:

Think there’s a very good chance we’ll see Gordon on the right at some point but not starting. When his fitness is up to the full 90 I can see him switching to the right towards the end of matches with Barnes coming on 


That’s what I was hoping for yesterday. 

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We know Eddie likes inverted wingers, the exception being Jacob Murphy who I think has forced himself into the reckoning through his determination and hard work. 
 

I always had a feeling Gordon was the ASM replacement in advance given that. 

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Just now, astraguy said:

Did he pick up a knock? Can't see him in the under 21 squad 

Not sure he's eligible anymore mate... When they get picked to start the qualifiers for the tournaments I think they have to be 21 and under but he's 22 so it's just the big boys for him now. 

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  • 2 weeks later...

https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/features/anthony-gordon-programme-interview-23-24/
 

interview with Gordon from todays programme. 
 

talked about the dummy spit at Brentford last season: 

 

One notable misstep came in United's win at Brentford in April, when his petulant reaction to being replaced late on - having only come on as a substitute himself at half time - brought headlines. It must be strange to have the mistakes he says he learns so much from play out in a very public domain. "Yeah, but I think also sometimes I haven't helped myself, that moment being one. That's probably the worst moment of my footballing career, to be fair. I am quite emotional with football, and I think that's a positive, but there's certain situations where you've just got to handle them in the correct way and I definitely didn't in that moment.

"But it was another opportunity to learn for me. I'm still a young lad and I'm going to make mistakes. I wasn't too worried about what people thought of me. I sort of accepted it was a mistake and spoke to the manager, apologised, and he was excellent throughout that process. Our relationship is as good as it's ever been right now, probably because of those things - we've been through those experiences to where we are now."

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