Evann Guessand

[tomd2103]

Defensively & effort wise, I can't fault him. But going forward he looks a little lost & very apprehensive. I suppose the fact that he's doing the defensive side allows him the time to hopefully develop in the next few months.

It's a big step up from the level he was playing at, if he was the finished article he wouldn't be with us. I'd give him more than a handful of games before writing him off.

Good summation for me.  To be honest, he's offered very little in attack so far and gas given the ball away too many times.  Like you say though, he has contributed in the defensive side and I suppose that is an improvement on some of his predecessors. 

Far from convinced so far, but let's give him time.

[Smirker]

He had a good bit of play in the second half where he went on a run and got us up the pitch, laid it off to McGinn. Was really tidy.

He needs a goal now. The longer it goes on the more he's gonna feel it. Just really needs to get off the mark.

[Villafirst]

He's still adapting to the Premier League and Emery's style. One good attribute is his pace which we need. Malen looks really strong and pacy too.

[eye digress]

At least through that really strong run, he showed some of the x-factor that had been hard to identify before.