He has become more consistent recently in a positive sense, but his upturn in form is by no means exceptional. He begun the season from a very low base in terms of what he contributes.
He is a tidy passer and uses his physicality well. But he lacks dynamism and contributes no goals, and little to no incisive passing that would lead to chances.
His speed of thought and movement aren't enough for the pace of the Premier League at the higher level.
Gomes isn't a player for me here over anything beyond the next year or so, at a push. I can't see him at a club that harbours ambitions of regular Champions League football and beyond.
I see him as an option to keep a game controlled for the last twenty minutes, when we are defending a lead.
Just to play devils advocate a bit here mate, but is there a world where Gomes's role gets simultaneously reduced in a better team but also his effectiveness grows.
For me he's a deep lying playing, probably in a 2, for a top team who dominate the ball. If he was at optimum level, that would be the role youd see him doing. He has all the passes in the book, can carry it from deep etc etc.
We have tried to use him in a more box to box sense, in a poorer team, and he's been up and down.
It's noticeable to me, in most of the of the big perfmances we have had, he has been good in them. I just wonder if we get more consistent if he might be a player who will get better too, but conversely with a reduced role in said team?
