2021/22 Andre Gomes

[Sagar]

Gordon aside, who wasn't anonymous today?

Delph was better, Godfrey, gray as well. Townsend was busy defending, can't blame him. Rest piss poor. Half of the team is beyond coaching.

 

[Raymond of Penyafort]

Thought he was the best of the three tbh

 

[maccavennie]

Decent little cameos every now and again, but sick of him now along with a good few others, just not good enough or reliable enough.

You can see why Barcelona fans just wouldn't entertain him. Thinks he has all the time in the world with the ball at his feet constantly the wrong side of his man so gives away countless free kicks. Takes shots on when you know it'll barely roll 10 yards.

He coasted through that game today, didn't give a toss and no professional pride in that performance. Has all the attributes to gear a game by the scruff of thr neck but bottled every 50/50 ball.

Sad thing is, he'll get binned off to the bench, will come in 4 games time, have a little cameo and then we'll be clamouring to give him another chance.

100k a week for effortd like today.

Embarrassing, really embarrassing

 

[2xpetes]

Dreadful just Dreadful.even Ray Charles can c that

 

[MACCA75]

He was awful, albeit in fairness he was playing in a ridiculous advanced position which isn’t his game at all.
But this guy just isn’t a Prem player.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Just the usual story

Rubbish when he starts

Only effective for 15 to 20 minutes as a sub

 

[Blue Roo]

At the time, we all thought he was worth that price. His performances on loan warranted the purchase, but since then he's been poor more often then not.

No mate, not all of us did.

 

[Blue Roo]

He was awful, albeit in fairness he was playing in a ridiculous advanced position which isn’t his game at all.
But this guy just isn’t a Prem player.

ok so what was the manager thinking - back to a 4231 with Gomes as 10?
anyone with an understanding of Everton's on field issues over the last few years would know this sets up to fail.

if he was part of a 3 man mid, then it just gets chalked up as another one of those great-worst midfield performances we have now come to expect from a long line of everton midfielders - schneiderlin, sigurrdson, davies, iwobi, gomes.

out of all of these gomes is probably the worst positionally. He either goes missing/hiding off the ball and crowds out the play on the ball. He opens up play for the opposition and closes it down for his team. He just doesn't have the skills and ability, let alone being able to keep up with the game

good midfielders have vision, whether its overall or in the millisecond, precisely because they have the skill and ability that sees them come out on top in midfield battles more often than not. Confidence gained from knowing you have time on the ball or can go in and shut down and make a tackle; confidence and ability that can be harnessed into reading and controlling the game.

Did the manager have any other options than to put in Gomes?
He should know this would have been a disaster. Kean kept getting pulled out of position bc of him and Godfrey did a good job not to get exposed more.
It was left to Doucs to control the game along with everything else. It was like playing with a man down.
The manager should know by know that any worth to be gained out of Gomes is to put him on during witching hour, and only out of necessity

he does have options
Digne could play as a 3rd midfield.
Grey plays at 10 and Richarlison and Townshend pick up the slack wide midfield
Delph holding with Doucs and Allan either side
Delph/Davies sits with either Doucs or Alan with the other free to move into 10, in possession.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Almost exclusively turgid crap since he joined, and yet 10 decent minutes against Arsenal led everyone to believe that Zidane MkII would be taking to the turf against Palace?

Crap player in “being crap” shocker.

 

[maccavennie]

He was awful, albeit in fairness he was playing in a ridiculous advanced position which isn’t his game at all.
But this guy just isn’t a Prem player.

Did you notice at times in the 1st half, Richarlison was right of the front 3, Gray was left of the front 3 and this slug was furthest up the pitch down the middle?

 

[bluejohn66]

He peaked under Simon Cowell but can't cut it under Rafael or the Italian Rat...

 

[gonetomorrow]

He needs time to settle back into the side. We don't have time. I still think he's a quality player, though I don't approve of his latest hair creation. Probably cost hundreds too.

 

[ElGato]

Tactically Carlo got the best out of him last year as a deep lying distributor who took the ball off the defence or the 6 and broke the lines. He's a good passer off both feet but needs time on the ball to knit play. Like a bootleg Moutinho

HOWEVER

• That only works if we're the better side; because
• He was an absolute mincer off the ball then and still is now. Just bundles players over and then complains to the ref. Does my head in; and
• If he's pressed he panics. At fault for their second yesterday.

Impact sub at best when the game has slowed down and we're 3-1 up and need some control (hahahaha)

Ship

 

[Frenk]

He cut his hair.

 

[blueblue]

Can make an impact as a sub but just a starter imo.