André Gomes

[Zinedinho]

Vítor Baía, Part II.

 

[Barcaman]

Vítor Baía, Part II.

Only Baia actually looked great before we signed him.

 

[Potroh]

Fans in the stadium can't simply go to the player and kindly point his mistakes, so the only thing they can do to show disappointment is booing, they are paying customers and are in their right to show discontent... That doesn't make them any less loyal to the club...

Well said.
Fans are entitled to express their opinion in stadiums, specially that they don't have any other means to do so, therefore it is a "weapon" to influence the staff which becomes even more obvious if the coach "loves" a player who has no mentionable past in the club, and regularly plays below average.
A newly signed player is always an experiment, for the club as well as for fans, hence their expression of likes or dislikes are important factors to influence the coach to be objective, despite his own attachment to his own ideas.
Gomes is a typical example of that process.

Of course the next logical question is how the other players think about him being an undoubted failure, because this is a typical bed to give birth to internal frictions. I assure you that the "Alba doesn't play but Gomes does" type of emotions are deeply present among the players. The worst case would be if 'some' of the players adhere to a badly performing player for personal reasons, because this can easily split a team into unneeded fractions.

 

[Barcilliant]

How else do fans show their discontent?

Gomes has been consistently awful. What do you expect fans to do?

I think the fans have been very patient with him.

Btw who was the last player to get jeered at Camp Nou?

I honestly can't remember.

 

[behindbrowneyes]

Btw who was the last player to get jeered at Camp Nou?

Di Maria and Rabiot.

 

[Devils]

How else do fans show their discontent?

Gomes has been consistently awful. What do you expect fans to do?

I think the fans have been very patient with him.

Btw who was the last player to get jeered at Camp Nou?

I honestly can't remember.

Cesc

 

[khaled_a_d]

Rejoice. He's staying one more season, as per the interview Robert is giving right now. Link with translation in his thread.

Yeah,the Sporting Director should have said he will sell one of his player in March. It is gr8 way to increase his value,keep the players focused and encouraging them.

 

[FlaFCB]

Yeah,the Sporting Director should have said he will sell one of his player in March. It is gr8 way to increase his value,keep the players focused and encouraging them.

Not about that... There are many ways to not trash a player in interviews. Robert made clear he's not leaving, regardless of "not fitting or having found a place in the team yet", which were his words. That's not really something that would increase his value.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Not about that... There are many ways to not trash a player in interviews. Robert made clear he's not leaving, regardless of "not fitting or having found a place in the team yet", which were his words. That's not really something that would increase his value.

There is nothing he can say that can increase his value,there is a lot that decrease our ability to get his value.
Players know what is being said,and they will stand for each other. Roberto is in no position to say anything but to clearly say "he is staying,he has the potential" ,hell I was expecting more of "he is good and the coach and the team appreciate what he give us,fans are unfair etc" type of shit if he was asked about Gomes.

 

[BusiTheKing]

When you could argue that playing a guy like Gomes' is a restraint on the development of our homegrowns, I think the booing is somewhat justified. It makes me feel big time bad for the guy, but how many of us would so much rather see Alena get some of those minutes? If it's his attitude that people dislike, beyond what can be ascribed to nervousness or lack of confidence, I guess booing isn't that far off the mark either.

Not trying to incentivise this, but if he'd been booed from day 3, 4 or 5 of playing badly and with the media attention it would have gotten, I doubt that we would see him playing in a Barca shirt after the summer.

 

[God Serena]

I would so much like to see Alena get some of these minutes that are going to Gomes. It's impossible for me to imagine him or Samper doing worse.

 

[FlaFCB]

There is nothing he can say that can increase his value,there is a lot that decrease our ability to get his value.
Players know what is being said,and they will stand for each other. Roberto is in no position to say anything but to clearly say "he is staying,he has the potential" ,hell I was expecting more of "he is good and the coach and the team appreciate what he give us,fans are unfair etc" type of shit if he was asked about Gomes.

There are things he can say to decrease it, and that's what he did. He said he doesn't fit and hasn't found a spot. But he'll stay nonetheless, because he has potential and needs time. He even mentioned laudrup and koeman as examples. Gomes is not leaving. If Robert was considering selling him, he wouldn't say what he did. He'll sell rafinha and denis before selling gomes.

 

[khaled_a_d]

There are things he can say to decrease it, and that's what he did. He said he doesn't fit and hasn't found a spot. But he'll stay nonetheless, because he has potential and needs time. He even mentioned laudrup and koeman as examples. Gomes is not leaving. If Robert was considering selling him, he wouldn't say what he did. He'll sell rafinha and denis before selling gomes.

Ok,what did you want him to say. Because the way I see it is with such logic's he is wrong no matter what he says.

 

[FlaFCB]

Ok,what did you want him to say. Because the way I see it is with such logic's he is wrong no matter what he says.

I'd want him to be as vague as possible. that would mean there'd be a little chance of selling him. Won't happen, though. For some reason, he loves Gomes. It's his project.

 

[khaled_a_d]

I'd want him to be as vague as possible. that would mean there'd be a little chance of selling him. Won't happen, though. For some reason, he loves Gomes. It's his project.

That doesn't answer my question,because he was asked about the player and the journalist won't allow him to be vague without making it look bad. So what "words" exactly did you want him to say? what exactly is vague?