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He will 100% be a cult hero here as he is a master of the dark arts - he’ll get in the opposition’s faces and wind them up - from experience that really gets Goodison going. Yes, he’ll need to score a few but his effort and general shithousery will endear him to the fans.

I'd start him over rondon even if we could only register him 5 minutes before the game.

The reality is - who is gettable that we should be in for?  Brereton Diaz has been looked at and for whatever reason doesn’t seem to have many suitors. 
 
I think we would be getting this lad as a 2nd striker and will be able to play across the front 3. 
 
he’s not slow at all…. Not sure where that perception is from. 

He significantly adds to our squad.
Not a silly fee and not silly wages. 
 

He’s got pace, is busy, can finish, is still young. 

The amount of negativity around this transfer baffles me. It’s like some people think we’re an attractive proposition. We’re not. We’re a club that players and agent know has been run into the ground. Last season was an utter shambles and then we sold our best player. We’re shopping in Lidl because we don’t know where the nearest Waitrose is. 
 
If anyone watched us last season and thinks we should be buying top level talent, go and see your GP or your optician. Something isn’t right. 
 
This is what happens when your club is starting again from the beginning, and we have to live with it for a while. 

Spot on, we need to walk before we can run. This is the type of signing that should help us get to being a solid mid table team (footballing wise and financially wise) we need to be doing this before we have grand designs on mixing it with those in the top half of the table.
I think it's a sensible signing this summer. Has plenty of premiership experience, does score goals and is solid and a grafter out of position. isn't breaking the bank. 

I’m okay with this one. I think he’s better than what we have available, and when DCL is back I think he’ll be enough competition to make him kick on. 

I agree with this. 
If we have DCL, Maupay and Brereton-Díaz we would actually have options. 

Decent option, good technical skills, strong hold up play and a master of the dark arts. Not option A, but what we need and better than what we have until dcl is fit.

His movement and work rate are going to be two big improvements on Rondon.
I am just not too sure how we get the most out of that movement with the way we play at the moment because we spend so little time in the opposition final third and putting quality into the box.
I think it is going to be a bit of a culture shock for him playing here after so long playing under Potter at Brighton but hopefully he can adapt and hit the ground running.

His strike rate is what 1 in 4? Different type of striker to DCL, established in the premier.
If he can come in at £15 mil and get even 8-10 goals this season, it would be huge for us. 
Not a sexy signing but I’m on balance for it.

Maybe some fans need to get a reminder of what good old graft and attitude looks like in a side.  We’ve missed characters like this.   
 
surely the gylfi, Gomes, Schneiderlein, walcotts glamour signings haven’t been enough to scare people off from supposed top players. 

The thing I worry most about is that he’s just not physically up for it. He needs to keep improving his body. Towards the end of last season he wore down badly to the point he was played less. When asked to play striker he was pretty easily bullied out of the game. I think the desire is there but adding some muscle (and he should) would improve all aspects of his game. Richie wasn’t huge either but he’s strong enough to hold position and really make himself a handful to deal with.

It’s a great example of why neutral fans feel we stole from Spurs for Richarlison. They only see clips and diving.

His biggest weakness is his tracking back. He tracks back for headlines sure.
But he does it in stages, he has a massive sprint off but in the same scenario ten minutes later, Literally stands there and watches. I think if he can improve this side of his game it automatically makes him ten percent a better player.

If we can make it loan with option to buy, that's a near perfect scenario. 

I hope you're right but, as you said before, it's a very dangerous game. Get it wrong, we're left with Gordon and no forwards. We'll be relegated with what we have at the moment.   

Beat me to it 😂
Maybe I should look at the dates of post before I comment in future 🙈

Beat me to it 😂
Maybe I should look at the dates of post before I comment in future 🙈

He was great in The Rockford Files.

Actually shocked reading the posts about Onana in here.
All I’ll say about the game is that we’re through, because there really isn’t a lot more to say about it. 

The ref has given Onana no protection at all tonight.  Shocking.

60m is an insane price for Gordon even if some add-ons won’t be met. It’s possible he will be worth that one day but I think the odds are against. You’ve gotta be banging in 10+ every year from the wing to be worth that and/or be a wizard crossing the ball.  We haven’t seen anything to this point to suggest he has that. It could develop but not many get to that level. 

Will Gordon go on to be a very good player? Yep I think so. Will it be in the next 2 years? I don’t know.
the one thing I can say is this: we don’t have 2 years to wait, unless Gordon can nullify our need to have a 12+ goal a season striker and a person who the rest of the team can play off then if his sale is the only way we can get those people in then it needs to happen. 
 
last year we limped into the season with no full back options/cover and didn’t address it.  This season we are doing the same.  Pissing me off big time