Author Topic: European and World Champion and all round Big Man Joseph Dave Gomez (Read 781866 times)

Gods_Left_Boot · « **Reply #3400 on:** December 29, 2019, 07:06:40 pm »

Phenomenal performance, our MotM.

Gnurglan · « **Reply #3401 on:** December 29, 2019, 07:06:56 pm »

Our best defender vs Wolves. Great to see!

pjk66 · « **Reply #3402 on:** December 29, 2019, 08:42:20 pm »

He is back to his best. Imperious today.

Great to see after the stick he was getting few weeks back.

Garnier · « **Reply #3403 on:** December 29, 2019, 08:44:33 pm »

So happy to see this guy playing like this again - immense performance

Marty 85 · « **Reply #3404 on:** December 29, 2019, 09:10:34 pm »

MOTM performance. Great to see him getting back to his formidable best. All 3 of our CBS have stepped up and contributed hugely this season when required.

Babu or POP made a few lengthy posts a while back going into detail on how difficult it is for CB to step in when required and get up to speed immediately but all.of ours have done exactly that when asked.

vicar · « **Reply #3405 on:** December 29, 2019, 09:12:02 pm »

Quote from: Marty 85 on December 29, 2019, 09:10:34 pm

MOTM performance. Great to see him getting back to his formidable best. All 3 of our CBS have stepped up and contributed hugely this season when required.

Babu or POP made a few lengthy posts a while back going into detail on how difficult it is for CB to step in when required and get up to speed immediately but all.of ours have done exactly that when asked.

He was phenomenal today.
Didnt think we would get him back as good, but was amazing.

Morgana · « **Reply #3406 on:** December 29, 2019, 09:34:17 pm »

Excellent performance today. Everything over the last 8 weeks seems to be forming the perfect narrative for a Man City-Liverpool showdown in the QF round of the Champions League, where Joey will no doubt have to put the Little One in his place again.

KirkVanHouten · « **Reply #3407 on:** December 29, 2019, 09:40:47 pm »

Wonder if he's starting to believe he's the 'Big Man'

aka_da_saus · « **Reply #3408 on:** December 29, 2019, 09:43:39 pm »

Quote from: Marty 85 on December 29, 2019, 09:10:34 pm

MOTM performance. Great to see him getting back to his formidable best. All 3 of our CBS have stepped up and contributed hugely this season when required.

Babu or POP made a few lengthy posts a while back going into detail on how difficult it is for CB to step in when required and get up to speed immediately but all.of ours have done exactly that when asked.

any link to these posts ?

Sinyoro · « **Reply #3409 on:** December 29, 2019, 09:45:13 pm »

Maybe there is a little Robbo-Trent competition between him and Virg

rushyman · « **Reply #3410 on:** December 29, 2019, 10:06:42 pm »

Quote from: Morgana on December 29, 2019, 09:34:17 pm

Excellent performance today. Everything over the last 8 weeks seems to be forming the perfect narrative for a Man City-Liverpool showdown in the QF round of the Champions League, where Joey will no doubt have to put the Little One in his place again.

Them drawing Real Madrid kind of scuppers it

They’re gonners

JC the Messiah · « **Reply #3411 on:** December 29, 2019, 10:08:10 pm »

Had Gomez done a Matip and secured his place in the side as a first-choice centre back?

Chig · « **Reply #3412 on:** December 29, 2019, 10:13:47 pm »

Quote from: Marty 85 on December 29, 2019, 09:10:34 pm

MOTM performance. Great to see him getting back to his formidable best. All 3 of our CBS have stepped up and contributed hugely this season when required.

Babu or POP made a few lengthy posts a while back going into detail on how difficult it is for CB to step in when required and get up to speed immediately but all.of ours have done exactly that when asked.

Keep reading about how the coaching staff and players mentioning the intensity of training is greater the the match itself sometimes. That would be the key for players to remain top shape without playing actual matches.

Yosser0_0 · « **Reply #3413 on:** December 29, 2019, 10:25:51 pm »

Quote from: Marty 85 on December 29, 2019, 09:10:34 pm

MOTM performance. Great to see him getting back to his formidable best. All 3 of our CBS have stepped up and contributed hugely this season when required.

Babu or POP made a few lengthy posts a while back going into detail on how difficult it is for CB to step in when required and get up to speed immediately but all.of ours have done exactly that when asked.

I think it took him a couple of matches to get up to speed but he's in xxxxxxxxx now, deffo second best CB at the club for me. Not I've notivedd but I assume any criticsim he's had in here was as playing at RB? Dunno, but he's a centre back for me not a right back. That fact that he can play there at a push is a bonus for me if he had to and he's probably a better option at RB than Matip, Lovren or Virgil for that matter.

Roger Federer · « **Reply #3414 on:** December 29, 2019, 10:39:35 pm »

I love Matip, but Gomez at his best - how he played before his injury last season and in the last few games - gives us another edge with his pace. Our high line seems to work even better because of it. He must be one of the quickest players in the league.

Our best player today, aggressive off the ball, and full of confidence on it. His composure is impressive.

darragh85 · « **Reply #3415 on:** December 29, 2019, 10:54:59 pm »

only concern i had when matip and lovren got injured was that we were down to 2 centre backs. had no concern over Gomez slotting in at centre back. we are blessed with the cbs we have at the moment.

RedForeverTT · « **Reply #3416 on:** December 29, 2019, 11:38:36 pm »

Quote from: Roger Federer on December 29, 2019, 10:39:35 pm

I love Matip, but Gomez at his best - how he played before his injury last season and in the last few games - gives us another edge with his pace. Our high line seems to work even better because of it. He must be one of the quickest players in the league.

Our best player today, aggressive off the ball, and full of confidence on it. His composure is impressive.

He is bloody quick not only for a big man but for any kind of athlete. This boy will have no problem playing in the NBA as a point guard or small forward.

Which really draw me into the contrast with Andy Carroll when he was playing for us and his career thereafter. A big lump that lacks pace and bottle for a fight. I watch him fell all over the pitch in Newcastle match yesterday and I thought, what was Kenny thinking?

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #3417 on:** December 29, 2019, 11:40:26 pm »

Quote from: RedForeverTT on December 29, 2019, 11:38:36 pm

He is bloody quick not only for a big man but for any kind of athlete. This boy will have no problem playing in the NBA as a point guard or small forward.

We do not want him playing netball thanks.

Caligula? · « **Reply #3418 on:** December 30, 2019, 12:15:45 am »

Weeks ago when Gomez was having a tough period and Lovren made a mistake I said that Joe should come back into the team and someone called me out for it saying I was a Lovren hater or other such nonsense. Nothing of the sort. It's just that Joe is the future of this club and has quite clearly shown that he deserves to be starting next to Virgil when he's fully fit and up to speed even though I like both Lovren and Matip very much as well. When on top form, he's second to Van Dijk.

50 Pence · « **Reply #3419 on:** December 30, 2019, 12:48:57 am »

So since the big man came back in against Bournemouth we've conceded 1 goal in 7 games with 6 clean sheets (4 in a row in the league)

Our last clean sheet before then, Sheffield United on 28th September.

Big man indeed

Si senor · « **Reply #3420 on:** December 30, 2019, 12:51:29 am »

It's great to see Joe playing so well, for such a young cb he's fantastic and only going to get better 😁

duvva 💅 · « **Reply #3421 on:** December 30, 2019, 12:59:06 am »

Quote from: 50 Pence on December 30, 2019, 12:48:57 am

So since the big man came back in against Bournemouth we've conceded 1 goal in 7 games with 6 clean sheets (4 in a row in the league)

Our last clean sheet before then, Sheffield United on 28th September.

Big man indeed

Lovren started the first two of those games (Joe finished them both), which keeps getting forgotten, but it’s undeniable that we’ve started keeping clean sheets again and Joe’s return to his best form has coincided with this.

50 Pence · « **Reply #3422 on:** December 30, 2019, 01:19:20 am »

Oh yeah not knocking Degs, we're just even more difficult to score against with Joe in the team it seems

phoenician · « **Reply #3423 on:** December 30, 2019, 01:51:24 am »

Morgana · « **Reply #3424 on:** December 30, 2019, 02:37:58 am »

Quote from: Yorkykopite on December 29, 2019, 11:40:26 pm

We do not want him playing netball thanks.

Did you mean basketball, or is the netball thing a pisstake?

Morgana · « **Reply #3425 on:** December 30, 2019, 02:39:00 am »

B.I.G. Man!

cipher · « **Reply #3426 on:** December 30, 2019, 03:26:10 am »

Incredible game by Gomez today. Made a couple of fantastic blocks to save VVD and TAA as well as some others this game.

SerbianScouser · « **Reply #3427 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:38:47 am »

Gomez V.Dijk partnership is absolutely incredible.

The one single tiny drawback is that we lose a little bit in our attacking set-pieces, at one point Gomez was even outside of the box to deal with counters. Matip or Lovren do help V.Dijk a lot in terms of either being a threat or distraction.

However on the other side we gain this incredible knack of keeping clean sheets and our build-up play is much better which means we don't do crosses excessively.

Bergersrightwingviews · « **Reply #3428 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:43:49 am »

He is an unbelievable talent. Has the ability to go on to be thought of as highly as Ferdinand and Terry as amongst England's greatest ever centre-backs.

He is not even back to his absolute best yet either.

What can he improve on at this point? For me, the main areas to work on would be heading in both boxes.

smutchin · « **Reply #3429 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:47:19 am »

Man of the match for me yesterday. Just looks so assured in everything he does. Didn't panic even when Virg had one or two uncharacteristic lapses in concentration. Covered well for Trent and Robbo a few times. So pleased for him that he's back to the form and confidence he was showing at the start of last season.

Matip is going to find it hard to dislodge him when he's fit again. (What a problem to have! I remember times when Liverpool could barely claim to have one decent centre half, never mind four world-class ones.)

spider-neil · « **Reply #3430 on:** December 30, 2019, 12:38:33 pm »

His minutes on the bench have helped his fitness as he looks fresh as a daisy whilst a fair few of our team look knackered yesterday.

Ghost Town · « **Reply #3431 on:** December 30, 2019, 03:16:06 pm »

He's also got this absolute bad ass look about him which must have some demoralising effect on opposition players. Virgil glares, very effectively, but Joe sort of sneers, like, is that the best you can do? Pah!

stockdam · « **Reply #3432 on:** December 30, 2019, 03:36:40 pm »

Overall, he’s probably been our best player recently. If he keeps this up then he will form the best central defence partnership with VVD in the league.

RedForeverTT · « **Reply #3433 on:** December 30, 2019, 03:44:37 pm »

Martin Keown was full of praise for Gomez on MOTD.

You need pace to bail out your full backs and make it difficult for quick players such as Vardy and Rashford. VVD could bail Robertson and now Gomez is going the same for TAA. Maybe that explains all the clean sheets since he cane back into the first team.

PIPA23 · « **Reply #3434 on:** January 3, 2020, 03:18:53 am »

Incredible young player..

Morgana · « **Reply #3435 on:** January 3, 2020, 03:23:28 am »

What a performance. Hope he gets to rest this weekend but I think Klopp won’t risk losing to Ancelotti again. Both he and Virgil will play the Bitters.

Ravishing Rick Dude · « **Reply #3436 on:** January 3, 2020, 07:30:41 am »

VVD------------Gomez
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Alisson

The Bermuda triangle - everything disappears in there.

MNAA · « **Reply #3437 on:** January 3, 2020, 08:12:19 am »

Bournemouth, Watford, Leicester, Wolves and Sheff Utd + Flamengo ... 5 consecutive clean sheets in the league + 1 CWC Final in partnership with Virgil

Funes Mori goal was the only blemish but that was in partnership with Henderson

We were impenetrable at the start of 2017-18 with Virgil and Big Joe. We are impenetrable again with Virgil and Big Joe. So much for playing a high line at the cost of shipping in goals.

Now that Henderson has shown that he is more than a capable fill in Fabinho, I would get Fabinho to deputise for AA instead of Big Joe when needed

elpistolero7 · « **Reply #3438 on:** January 3, 2020, 08:14:34 am »

Our quality in defense is unbelievable.

Matip earlier this year and now Gomez, are playing at ridiculous levels.

Our core defensive group of Alisson, Trent, Gomez, Matip, VVD and Robbo is so far beyond anything else in Europe right now its crazy.

Armand9 · « **Reply #3439 on:** January 3, 2020, 08:33:55 am »

the commentary teams over the last couple of matches have acted as tho joe was down the pecking order with various comments regarding he's playing well, making life difficult for klopp when matip is fit again etc, when he was clearly VVD's partner before the injury, those two are our two main cbs and i've no idea why pundits and commentators aren't aware of this, at least the commentator last nite acknowledged that he had partnered VVD well in the past

anyway, long may it continue (the partnership that is, not the lazy journalism)