I can't read Ole's mind to predict why he's thus far omitted Gomes from a role his skillset is so suited to in comparison to Lingard in a 4-2-3-1 which requires a #10. If that system is the way he wants to go, then I'm personally dissapointed he hasn't given Gomes more minutes in the 3 games in the League and over the summer during preseason.
We're struggling to open up the cannon fodder of the EPL because our central players barring Pogba, simply don't have the vision/passing range required for a top club. Hence we're struggling and have been for a few years in that regard. How many times do we have to finish outside of the top 4 to realise that genuine quality is required to propel us forward in the form of craft/guile/vision?
Jesse Lingard wins the ball back due to his amazing work rate they say. But then we do feck all with it because the likes of Lingard are occupying a position on the pitch that also requires to contribute to the attack and alot of moves instead break down because Lingard was unable to find his team mate, passes sideways or backwards or even mis-controls the ball like he displayed on a few occasions against Palace. Who is Jesse Lingards equivalent for Spurs, Liverpool or City? Do they have a player who contributes very little to the attack and still gets lauded for his so called pressing?
We've let the central areas deteriorate to such a extent that we're now in a position to play the likes of Gomes. We don't have the likes of Dybala, Eriksen, Fernandes to play the #10 for us in our current system which is crying out for one. But what we do have is Angel Gomes who is the most natural #10 on our books and has proven to be a much bigger talent than Jesse Lingard when youth/academy games are looked at for comparison.
Gomes needs to be given a chance over the likes of Lingard sooner rather than later IMO. We're aren't asking Gomes to play over a proven world class player. We're asking Gomes to be given a opportunity over a player that has a dreadful attacking output which cannot be ignored any longer.