André Gomes

[opjeoff]

im just glad we are arguing about our own players rather than other players at other clubs.

 

[NorthernVictory]

I can't "like" posts yet, so thanks for this.

Gomes and Umtiti will break into the starting 11. This guy has a higher ceiling than Rakitic too (and I adore Raki), which is only a good thing for Barca.

 

[Flavia]

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[Egert]

Made Goal's UCL Team of The Week with Leo and Neymar.

 

[evilhita666]

This guy can't defend, please Lucho, never play him at DM again...

Obviously, it's not his fault, I just hope he is not a permanent solution for DM depth...

 

[Barcaman]

He's tall though... That's been the only prerequisite before too..

 

[Jombi]

Sergi Roberto is the best and smartest player to be our DM backup. But until we get Ricardo Pereira from Nice or Fabinho from Monaco as RB cover, Roberto must stay at RB, where he, not surprisingly to me is fantastic.

 

[Flavia]

This guy can't defend, please Lucho, never play him at DM again...

Obviously, it's not his fault, I just hope he is not a permanent solution for DM depth...

I honestly don't remember him doing anything wrong vs Atletico. Think he played well, given the circunstances.

 

[mark1nhu]

I honestly don't remember him doing anything wrong vs Atletico. Think he played well, given the circunstances.

I don't remember details right now, but I am certain that I swore at him once or twice because he was out of position. Need to rewatch to remember.

But Busquets is also disappointing right now in this matter, so apparently we are just fucked.

 

[gasgas]

He's not A DM
the sooner Lucho gets this, the better

 

[Messi983]

I think he played ok but of course it will always be a dropoff in quality from Busquets to whoever replace him, especially when sub has to come into the game suddenly and against an opponent like Atletico. That's a hard task to ask from anyone, especially from a player who has been with the team for 2 months. It's still early for Gomes and he'll become better (as CM and I also believe as DM if he'll continue to play there which I think he will) with more playing time and better understanding of the system and his role.

 

[Behrox]

He's not A DM
the sooner Lucho gets this, the better

how many games did it take Lucho to learn that Mathieu is not a LB?

 

[Total-Football]

he wasn't bad in my opinion .. his distribution of the ball is ok but he lack the positional awareness to play as a DM

 

[gasgas]

how many games did it take Lucho to learn that Mathieu is not a LB?

I still wouldnt put it past Lucho to play Mathieu at LB again in the near future

 

[evilhita666]

I honestly don't remember him doing anything wrong vs Atletico. Think he played well, given the circunstances.

I can't pinpoint any specific action, with the exception of one counter-attack where he kept receding instead of actually stopping it, the player with the ball right in front of him even looked surprised he was giving him so much space, I'll try to watch the game again and get the exact minute... But overall he was out of position (like in the goal) and he didn't look like he knew what he was supposed to do when ATM had the ball, so he ended up being halfway-there in most plays where he was needed...

I repeat, this is not on him, the guy was just placed there for no reason at all, other than Lucho's weird "experiments", so Gomes is not where the fingers should be pointing...