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Whoa. Look, I can watch Lionel Messi and say that he'd be better than Sigurdsson or Walcott depending on where we'd want to play him. Let's not pretend you can't have any idea until you plug them in there.So make Gomes the player that comes on for him when he’s fit. I think it’d be unfair at this stage to drop him on the offy that AG is better.
Whoa. Look, I can watch Lionel Messi and say that he'd be better than Sigurdsson or Walcott depending on where we'd want to play him. Let's not pretend you can't have any idea until you plug them in there.
Davies is doing a decent job, but come on. Have you seen Gomes play? The guy is SOOO much better at carrying the ball and distributing than Davies it isn't funny. His first touch is better BY A MILE, and he's got size and strength as well. He may not tackle with as much aggressiveness, but come on. If he's not healthy, I get it, but he's at a completely different level. Love Tom, but he's not there, yet.
As to the idea that Davies might be better with Gomes is also just ridiculous. Gana is a much MUCH better player than Davies in virtually every aspect, especially as a DM. Not a shot at Davies, either, Gana is just really good.
This is what I don't understand, we don't know, but because Keane was poor like everyone else under Koeman, people want him replaced with someone who has never played in the premier league, makes no sense.What if Mina is pants?
You explained it fine and Davies has been decent, but there is just no way Gomes isn't much better. Davies still has value as a backup and spot starter. He can continue to get better. But all the chemistry in the world can't make up the gap in quality between those two players.Gomes has yet to play for this team in this league. Davies, in my opinion, hasn’t been bad and certainly shouldn’t be shunted aside the second Gomes is fit.
My point - albeit clearly not made very well - was just that certain combos may work better in reality than on paper.
In any event, it is nice to have options. Davies in CM is like Keane at CB: much-maligned and with good reason after last season, but putting up a very welcome fight now that there is competition on the horizon, at least. If we can get that kind of competition happening up front in January it could be an exciting second half to the campaign!!
The thing that annoys me the most is that most on here advocate the bencing of two English talents.
The choice in defence should be easy as a loanee should never trump a full team member so when the time is right Zouma goes.
Midfield is a different matter and I would simply have two systems, one of an attacking of style in which Gana is dropped and then a defensive set up when Gana stays.
Davies stays put as he is a talent to be nurtured not squandered.
Bizarre there are people on here saying we should drop players from a winning team for 2 that haven’t even kicked a ball for us yet.
Not a fan of changing a winning team and dropping the captain tbh.
Think they will appear from the bench and try and win themselves a starting place from there.