Honestly I don't get it. I have no agenda against him but equally never understood the hype. Donny is amongst a number of young Dutch players of his generation who went for big money that left Dutch football and are struggling. I honestly believe that the wish to get him into the side is based on people's hate of Scott and Fred. Many thought new manager who immediately mean one of them would be dropped, it's not happened.
If the new manager thought Donny was a better 6 than those two, he'd be playing. It's not like he's dropping Ronaldo....
Obviously a player needs time to settle and also a run of games to show there form, so I can understand peoples frustrations he has never got this.........but I completely agree with your post as a whole though.
Was never that excited about him as a signing, in fact massively dissapointed as it was the summer we were heavily linekd with Grealish. Different players of course, bu a massive cme down.
VDB was good in that Ajax side, but he wasnt a top top player for me like many made out, he wasnt near the quality of DeLigt or DeJong who were the stand out players, he was on the next level of players like ZIyech, Tadic (yes the same player who played for SOuthampton!), Neres and Blind (who wasnt good enough for anything but a squad player tbh for us).....and that is it for me, we over spent on a squad player. Look at Ziyech, people were raving about him as a signing for Chelsea and arguably he has done less than the player he replaced in Willian, he is a squad player and that is all VDB is for us.
All be it limited opportunities he has been decent in his best performances for us and anoymynous in many. If I was beign super blunt, to me he is just an average player, well schooled by Ajax wth his technique etc and we have seen many similar players like that fail in moves abroad. The fact he is barely getting opportunities above Fred and McTominay says enough in istself for me