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Angel Gomes Watch
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Yes.
Hope he does well, always liked his style of play.
Can't be that bad starting for the league champion. Still only turning 21 after tomorrow. Many players were younger coming from worse teams who reached the top, best of luck, maybe one day he can come back too haha
He’s a baller. Should go well in that league if he can match the physicality.
How was he ?
Pretty poor, gave away 25% of his passes to the other team, crossed 3 teams with 2 unsuccessful, only touched the ball 30 times.
He was pretty anonymous but it did look as though he was told to play a more defensive role on the wing oddly, not too familiar with how Lille play typically
Lost the ball a fair bit as well according to his stats. The French league is more physical than the Portuguese so it's a new experience for him.
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This looked promising to me, he is very tenacious for such a small man.
His creativity, touch is clearly visible in this clip.
The technical aspects were obvious, but nice to see him get stuck in and put some meaty challenges in. That was an area that he really struggled with, and he seems to be improving in that aspect from this clip.
Looked good but I'm assuming it shows only good bits.
Also he is tenacious and won possession lot of times in that video. Hopefully he will have a great season.
Also he is tenacious and won possession lot of times in that video. Hopefully he will have a great season.
Long term he should be a number 6, England have forever lacked this kind of player.
Looks like he's still getting used to the league from the bits I've seen.
Two reckless fouls that could have easily resulted in a red and a decent chance where his shot went well over the bar.
Two reckless fouls that could have easily resulted in a red and a decent chance where his shot went well over the bar.
You mean deep lying playmaker, as number 6 can also mean a destroyer. Needs to find a manager and club that will give him the time and confidence to develop at this position, but he would have the potential.
For now, the focus should be on establishing himself in Ligue 1 and getting regular game time. It wont be easy, as they have some good players, but lets see how it goes. It is definitely a good step up from Boavista
Starting for Lille against Wolfsburg as a second striker it seems, maybe left winger in a 442. Think he keeps Yazici on the bench.
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Looks like he had a great game.
That's bizarre he's shoved off the ball by his team mate at 1.42!
Especially when you only get to see the good parts (pass accuracy of 65%, but I didn´t see any misplaces passes here...).
Well done anyway, to get a start for Lille in the CL.
How’s he been? I see Lille have been struggling a bit this season
Has turned into Lille's version of Donny Van De Beek recently it would seem.
Only for said teammate to completely fecking it up and Gomes having to recover the ball again
Goal and assist tonight for Lille in the CL away to Wolfsburg
Really happy for him.
Good stuff.
Never in doubt
How has he been doing?
On the bench for Lilles tonight. I’d completely forgotten about him. Fair to say he’s not exactly been pulling up trees in France?
Totally forgot he joined Lille too. Interested to see if he comes on
Zero goals, zero assists on the league, not even made a full 90 minutes on the pitch in the league for Lille yet this season.
Sad to see he's struggling in France.
Indeed, I expected him to at least have an Adnan Januzaj level career somewhere.
He is still young but does remind me of the sheer amount of abuse Ole was getting on here for not playing him when he clearly wasn't ready
See also Amad Diallo.
It’s just that much harder for small, lightweight players to make it at the top. Yes, there are plenty of examples of super talented small players that do make it but it’s undeniably a barrier.
The French league is physical. He needs to play in Portgual or Holland. He was decent for Boavista.
It's what we said about other smaller players too tbh.
I reckon he still will. Much too early to write a player off in their first season in a league. He will be a late bloomer and I fancy him to find his feet and do well in France over the next season or two and get a move back to England at some point. He was never going to be the answer here anyway for another few years so it would have been loans or a sale. No harm in it. Most players aren’t ready at 20 to play for Utd. We give the better 20 year olds way too much pressure and responsibility here as things stand and (post Fergie anyway) none have been the answer.