Evann Guessand

[ChicagoLion]

Give him a break, he’s been decent in the league and him and Cash have played well together.

I like to give all players a fair crack of the whip, so it’s probably a bit early to judge him but the signs aren’t very encouraging. If we bought him to be a defensive forward then fine but we could have found better value. All players need to put a shift in but the things which must have attracted us to him, speed, crossing, finishing etc look way off.

UE certainly sees something and I hope we get to see a lot more in the future. I think it makes it more frustrating for us when we have a good player in Elliot on the bench who’s hardly had a sniff.

Elliot must be sitting on the bench thinking wtf.

[Ian.]

Or maybe Emery doesn’t trust him yet. We know what’s he’s like with some new signings.

[PhilVill]

I remember thinking how shit Juan Pablo was back in the day when he'd hasd a few games and he became an absolute star so hoping this is his difficult bedding in period. Time will tell.

[Dave P]

I think Guessand has been getting progressively better game by game and, after he scored last night, I said to my Dad this could be the kick start he needs to get even better.  Only for him to morph into prime Tonev for the next 85 mins!

He's young, he has raw attributes and will only get better.  But in the here and now, it is baffling how he is getting so many minutes when Elliott hasn't played for weeks.

[LeeB]

Absolutely nothing he does has any real conviction to it, that's what's stood out for me.

[PeterWithesShin]

He's a Temu Trez.

[PeterWithe]

Absolutely nothing he does has any real conviction to it, that's what's stood out for me.

Yup, he looks like he thinks he shouldn't be out there playing. To be fair, on this showing, he's right.

[andyh]

I think Guessand has been getting progressively better game by game and, after he scored last night, I said to my Dad this could be the kick start he needs to get even better.  Only for him to morph into prime Tonev for the next 85 mins!

He's young, he has raw attributes and will only get better.  But in the here and now, it is baffling how he is getting so many minutes when Elliott hasn't played for weeks.

Hes not 16.
He’s 24 and an international footballer for gods sake.

[TaxDodger]

Perhaps I'm being harsh but I think he's been utterly woeful 90% of the time he's been on the pitch for us and I don't understand in what world he's going to be a better option for us than Bailey was at any point soon. Having said that, Unai obviously thinks he is and he knows a tiny bit more about football than I do.

[Rigadon]

Absolutely nothing he does has any real conviction to it, that's what's stood out for me.

Yep.  It's like he doesn't think he's up to it and as such appears out of his depth.  Every transfer is a gamble of sorts, but when you're confined as we are, £30m is a lot to waste.  Perhaps he'll come good once he settles down a bit, and maybe that's why Emery left him on for the whole game (because I can't see why he'd have done so on the performance).  Perhaps, maybe.

[Drummond]

It's confidence. New country x system, manager etc. as others have said, it sometimes takes a while to fully get Emery's system. There are signs.

[aj2k77]

When the only attribute you have appears to be work rate then it's a little more than confidence.

[Drummond]

When the only attribute you have appears to be work rate then it's a little more than confidence.

Maybe it's the assessor.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Has he ever been a touchline winger? Everything we've seen of him in France or everything we've seen him do well is when he has freedom to explore the space on the righthand side of the pitch, not stuck out on the wing with a defender tight on him. His strength appeared to be receiving the ball and knocking it past the defender before waltzing past them. By tactically restricting his space we don't appear to be doing him any favours.

His only real impact so far this season has been his defensive work supporting Cash. As a forward he may as well not be there.

[villa for life]

I can see him having more success as a right wing back.