He isnt awful, but neither is he good. I do think he is actualoly a valuable squad number as he does have uses. The irony is, he is playing at the moment in a number 10 role we havent had for years even though we have been signing number 10s all the way back to Kagawa....and now what to we have. A decent number 10 in Mata, yet another one we signed who has been playing out wide and now the opportunity is there he is past his best....and Lingard and the role of a number 10 certainly isnt about running and pressing.
I think we have the ideal player in terms of ability for this role in Gomes and it is too early for him to be starting games, but he really should be on that bench, how is he going to get opportunities otherwise?