André Gomes

[te amo barca]

Didn't deliver tonight. He got his chance, but now is the time to play Dembouz.

 

[Horatio]

Overheard a conversation in tavern mentioning the legend of the Gomes decoy runs. I am here to hear the stories.

 

[Vilarrubi]

Surely his price is keeping him relevant. He’s done nothing more than Denis in his games.. probably worse tbh and been given way more chances.

 

[gregorrin10]

Iniesta didn’t play the game today as he was not completely fit today [rac1]

Wondered why Iniesta didn't start..

Cause Valverde just wanted to show everyone he's the BOSS by breaking the Anoeta curse without our best midfielder

 

[Barcaman]

Overheard a conversation in tavern mentioning the legend of the Gomes decoy runs. I am here to hear the stories.

What you doing in a tavern sailor?

 

[Horatio]

What you doing in a tavern sailor?

Thought you told me that would be the meeting spot.

 

[Horatio]

Spotted the decoy run on the 2 second goal by the way. Legends were true.

 

[evilhita666]

Why is this guy playing? At least the rest of our dead weight are not stinking it up on the pitch, like this guy...

 

[Arfaraza]

Looks decent and more integrated to the team. Boy is gaining confidence. But if there 40M offer - SELL.

 

[Luftstalag14]

 

[henias]

Simply abysmal. Just sell him.

 

[MessiCam]

Simply abysmal. Just sell him.

Will not happen now. Valverde likes him for some reason.

This is what Valverde said after the game...

"Gomes is a great player with strength and tactical ability. We needed a good performance from him and he played a good game."

Now I understand that Valverde is not the type to publicly chastise but Denis has been excluded for less. Let's see what happens with Gomes now.

 

[Trafalgar]

Valverde for god's sake what are you doing ...

 

[Trafalgar]

Looks decent and more integrated to the team. Boy is gaining confidence. But if there 40M offer - SELL.

We should sell him for 15-20m, 40m is a dream.

 

[Raketa10]

Ok lets analyse the situation. How many CM/DM players do we have? Coutinho, Paulinho, Iniesta are AM so we are left with Busi, Rakitic, Gomes and Sergi Roberto for CM/DM position. If you exclude Sergi from that list since he is playing as a RB you have only 3 players for 2 positions so it's clear why Valverde needs him. I also don't think he will ever be good for us but he will stay here until summer since Valverde doesn't have anyone else as a backup.

If we continue to play 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1 we need two physically strong CM/DM players in our squad and as things stand right now those are Busi, Raki and Gomes. I for sure hope we won't return to 4-3-3 since this formation will not suit 2 out of 3 our front players and we would be much more vulnerable in defense. Messi would have to play again as a false 9 and Suarez as LW which is a blasphemy. As things stand right now 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1 are perfect formations for our current squad and because of that Valverde needs to have Gomes as a backup.