Gordon called up to England U21s squad

Well deserved call up. Having a really good season and shaping up for player of the season award. When he starts scoring goals he'll be some player.

Really pleased for him, thoroughly deserves it. He hasn't had the easiest of upbringings in terms of breaking into first team football with all the negativity that surrounds the club. Not only has he coped, he has shown up the seasoned pro's along the way in terms of commitment. The one positive thing to come out of the season.

Congratulations on a fantastic personal achievement.

On a rather selfish personal perspective on my part, I always get nervous when any Everton players get's around the England squad!

Good luck Anthony. You've more than earned and deserve the recognition.

Well deserved.

There's an unwritten rule/influence that can tend to slightly act against the selection of players when their team is doing very poorly, so it's nice that his efforts and productivity have been seen.

Gordon is a great young player. Lot of heart and personality to match the skill. He's got a big career ahead of him with us.

Anybody else in that squad likely to spout how good it would be, not to mention the money, at one of the ESL six?

Jack #1.

I think the floodgates will open when he scores a few. I'm hoping like hell it's during the next 10 games and he helps us to stay up.

He's lightning fast. With half decent squad members around him, he'd be scoring and assisting regularly. We can only hope he stays loyal and doesn't get his head turned.

I am very pleased for him but he really needs a rest, he has played virtually every match for months. He is literally our only real hope of lifting this team out of the mire.

Well deserved recognition for our player of the season, imo.

Forget the undoubted talent for a minute. It's his attitude, his work rate, his desire to get on the ball and go forward and make things happen that pleases me.

He has good basic attributes including pace, stamina, awareness and fight.

He mixes up his game well. Sometimes a simple injection of pace and gets a cross into the box. Sometimes his desire to link up and play a quick one-two on the edge of the opposition box.

He's still young, still got time and room for improvement in his all-round game, but he appears to have the right attitude to keep improving.

It was only earlier this season and certainly a very popular opinion last season when many of our own fans, Everton supporters, were giving him flack for not being good enough on this very website.

I think Gordon is a different player since he has been selected as a first-team starter. He has always shown up well in the youth teams and his goal-scoring, speed, balance and trickery were comforts to offset against the realities of most of our first eleven.

But I did not think he was a 90-minute player as he would sit out the game in-between bursts of action. Now he has added determination to succeed for the team as well as continuous concentration and applying 100% effort for the whole game. I am so glad he didn't become Kieran Dowell Mk 2.

Needs to stop throwing himself to the floor but he's turning into the player that others might of if only given more of a chance at our club. Well done, Ant - a proper blue.