Gomes played on the left of a 3 with Digne at Left Back & Richarlison further wide works very well as witnessed in the Spurs game and the unbeaten run after it.
Disruptions with Digne & moreso Richarlison out and he has struggled.
He's overcome a career threatening injury and I believe there's still a very good player there. Been tough to watch lately but wasnt it the same for Seamus after his injury .
It took a long time but he's been fantastic of late & I wont be writing Gomes off like some on here are.
I won't write him off because it's clear that he has a huge amount of ability, and if he ever manages to make it click then he'll be a terrific player. The injury is a smokescreen though, because this is exactly what he was like before it. Here's a selection of comments from his thread in the week before his injury:
"Is he drunk? terrible"
"Awful again from this clown"
"Pathetic"
"Looks a shadow of the player we have seen in the past."
"Got his move , now downed tools"
"Rolls Royce of a player but someone has taken the engine out and weighed it in for scrap"
"Been awful past few weeks"
As someone said above, it seems like there's always an excuse for him. The injury, he can only play with Richarlison and Digne, the other midfielders aren't good enough, he needs to play in a 3, neither defending or attacking are his game so he should be just left to stroll around passing the ball a few times a game and be lauded for it, he's tired etc etc.
