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I haven't seen Gomes play a bad game since 2018. Agreed, it's not against quality opposition but I'm not seeing inconsistency there. His off days are still quite good. Whenever he's got a few minutes in the first team it's looked easy to him.
I'm not arguing that he looks a really good player. I just don't want him dropped in the first team unprepared because its going to be twice as hard as anything he's ever played in before. With experience comes the ability to drop back to basics if you're having a bad day. Youngsters don't have that, they can be great but they can be terrible. He could actually be a lot worse than Lingard in a Premier League game, it's better for him and us if he starts slowly.
Maybe for a couple of games, but I highly doubt it. Lingard has been very poor. At the very least though he should be getting minutes even 20 mins as a sub for either Lingard or Mata after they have given us 70 minutes of rubbish
They've played in behind closed doors along with other senior players who haven't had much game time & there are more games scheduled in the next few weeks as far as I know.
Very good imo.
So he can run for days? That's what Ole is looking this is why Lingard keeps getting picked unfortunately.
It's been two fecking games, ffs...
I hope you're right, but I've got a bad feeling about this. We'll see soon enough, his contract runs out at the end of the season.
This is nothing like the Pogba situation though. He's seen as a part of the first team squad on a full time basis, and will only drop down to the U-23s for the EFL Trophy games. He's gotten minutes in preseason, even after Garner dropped down after the tour, and finally, just look at his social media profile. Does that say anything but that he's fully committed to the club?
Hitchikers Guide to The Championship.
he will get his chance this year as the year goes on . He was never going to picked v Chelsea or Wolves
Yeah, against Palace Greenwood and Gomes should get mins. If we want to trim the squad and rely on young players then we have to trust these young players at least against midtable/lower table clubs at home.
No.
He should be on the bench over Matic IMO.
Palace is one of the easier games in the league, if he's not ready to play against them i'd be shocked.
It's the kind of game where his skill set would be required too. Get the feeling that we won't see him until the Europa League though.
I agree. People take it as a given he'll get games in the Europa or the Cup's but Ole probably knows he's under pressure if not to finish top 4 then to certainly deliver a trophy
I can't agree with this at all. Ole and the whole coaching staff would have to be blind and deaf to not rate him. He's been the main man and captain of United and England at a bunch of different age-group levels. He's not some under-the-radar prospect.
You say you cant agree with what I say at all and then go and state it's bodies which is why Gomes is behind Greenwood - yeah because we're stocked full of midfielders/number 10's aren't we?
Gomes wouldn't have gone on tour with us if we didn't rate him or if we thought he wasn't going to sign a new contract, we'd have just done to him what City did to Sancho.
Moreso than 9s, we absolutely are. With Lukaku gone And Sanchez out, it's just Rashford and Martial who can potentially play CF, and both of those are usually on the pitch. There's a wide open slot on the bench there.You say you cant agree with what I say at all and then go and state it's bodies which is why Gomes is behind Greenwood - yeah because we're stocked full of midfielders/number 10's aren't we?
Fair enough if you disagree but at least present a plausible retort
Well like I said they may just think he's not ready yet. I certainly hope the club have been given encouragement over his contract situation though
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So we have 2 number 9's and 3 number 10's yeah massive difference isn't there
