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bilyaletdinov_
Player Valuation: £35m
quite liked how in the face of the ref he got after the terrible decision not to give him a penalty, nice to see a bit of passion!
Jim Hopper
Player Valuation: £40m
He did well when he came on but it’s Gomes. He’s the walking epitomy of a hokey pokey, one good game followed by one bad game, rinse repeat.
Lloydystark
Player Valuation: £35m
I’m sure we’l keep him, we need a squad with depth and I think he’l be part of it, not a starter but a rotation player
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
I think it said a lot when Gylfi said he’d been asked to play defensive midfield toward the end. Obviously Carlo now trusts Gylfi as an all round midfielder more than Gomes.
It may be that coming on from the bench as a number 10 is going to be his main role now.
It may be that coming on from the bench as a number 10 is going to be his main role now.
And with a little burst of pace as well.
I wonder if he just won’t be able to coexist with James in the team. His best moments seem to come when he doesn’t really have any defensive duties (loan spell with Gueye in the form of his life comes to mind).
Thought he really should have been able to make the LCM position his own, but with James on the RW, it pushes Doucouré outwide to cover him and leaves Gomes with some responsibility.
Thought he really should have been able to make the LCM position his own, but with James on the RW, it pushes Doucouré outwide to cover him and leaves Gomes with some responsibility.
everton1953
Player Valuation: £40m
I hate the saying which was used so often for some players best forgotten. So here goes.... there is a player in there somewhere
I wonder if perhaps the terrible injury he suffered has been affecting his form
I thought he did well again last night, and has been showing glimmers of the "old Gomes". Burnley away he was good too. I mean he was magnificent for the penalty we should have had, it was stone wall and it's bizarre it wasn't given. He looked a bit quicker and stronger to me. I think a bit of it is in his head getting over the injury.
He's a very powerful player at his best, and was just pushing players off the ball. Hoppefully we can see some more of that.
He's a very powerful player at his best, and was just pushing players off the ball. Hoppefully we can see some more of that.
kenada_blue
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Was asked to play as a number 10 and get forward. Siggy was told to drop deeper as a DM.
Hence why he had a little adventure forward.
He's like 2 different players Gomes. The injury has made it worse (I.e we see the worse player more often) but it's not the core issue.
Maybe it's confidence, and Ancelotti can slowly start to get it out of him more often. Games like yesterday though, showed all he has. He has vision, can pass, can hold people off, go past people. Yet next week you could play the same opponents and he goes missing. He's a funny one.
As with a lot of this team though, you want to see him being more consistent. In fairness, Iwobi and Mina who are 2 I've criticised have started to do that.
I think he was pushed further forward when he came on to try and help him regain his confidence. Get some time on the ball with less chance of a big mistake as nearly happened at Leicester. Hopefully this will help him play his way into some form.
I think both Gomes and Davies benefited from the time and space they were afforded yesterday. Both of them struggle when pressed and when the opponent is physical, but they found it pretty easy to find space and get their head up and then you see what they can do. I’m not sure it’s necessarily a sign of them improving as much as just being up against inferior players who didn’t make their life difficult enough. The key for them both is to find a way to play against teams who don’t give them as much freedom.
True mate but I still think you can be positive as a central midfielder as well. The main thing is he did really well and long may it continue
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