Gayle is a great player, he has an eye for goal and isnt afraid to take a chance, he still has a lot to learn and i would like to see him play alot more next season he will keep us up if he is played with someone who can hold up the ball and tee him up give the boy a chance peeps.

When you consider;

Roberto Soldaldo £26mil 6 goals, (4 of which pens)

Andreas Cornelius £8 mil 0 goals

Rocky van wolfswinkel £8.5 mil 1 goal

Jozy altidore £6.5 mil 1 goal

Was gayle (4.5 or 6mil) with 5 goals really a bad signing? And think of what could have been if the relegation battle was closer. winner at villa, brace against scousers, secured sunderland home 3 points by winning and scoring pen. Also scored against west brom away in fa cup.

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I have never been a fan of Gayle and have made my position on him clear since the Stoke game earlier in the season.

However, I have to admit he has much more about him than I gave him credit for. Against Liverpool this season, for example, he has scored with his left foot, his right foot and his head. Some achievement.

Where I foresee a problem is how we get him in the side. He needs a strike partner and appears to have one of those instinctive relationships with Murray. However, this would mean us playing two men up front and thus losing someone from the midfield.

Gayle is obviously a natural scorer, the way he took the two goals against Liverpool, well there was never a chance he would miss and we do not have a player remotely like this at the club.

If TP can work on his game and get success then he will be a very valuable player next season and beyond. However, he needs to have a more physical presence, needs to do some of the work a player like Jerome does and needs to learn how to pass the ball.

I credit TP with almost reinventing Bolasie. The guy now tracks back and gets tackles in, moves forward with pace and purpose and is considerably less wasteful than he was previously. I hope TP can get some similar improvements in to Gayle's game.

I have not changed my mind completely about Gayle but I am considerably more hopeful that the lad can make the grade.

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Spot on. You can't teach instinctive finishing like that and it's almost priceless. If he can learn the unglamorous parts of the game and we find the right partner for him then we just might have another star on our hands.

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I agree. He has an old head on hs shoulders and is very professional. He will do well, with us I hope.

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I hope not. Gayle is definitely worth keeping on for another season to show his credentials but I bet there will be a few clubs sniffing around looking for a bargain!!!!

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