Rumours Rumours - Summer 2021 edition (Deadline Day from p814)
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Adams.esseffect said:Really lost. Which Gomes are we talking about?9 -
Careful mate you’ll get a pm from someone accusing you of singing ‘the song’ 🙄southamptonaddick said:
Adams.esseffect said:Really lost. Which Gomes are we talking about?2 -
Larry Gomes, great West Indian batsmanesseffect said:Really lost. Which Gomes are we talking about?
I just looked him up, and he's 68 now, that's depressing!4 -
Oh, no .... not another Ronnie Moore!Airman Brown said:
One more done, no other info...mendonca said:I'm surprised how many likes another "one more done, no other info" gets still. There is zero useful information in this whatsoever. Remember the same was said a few weeks back and the player allegedly failed a medical.
I just keep an eye out for the DONE DEAL on newsnow.
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My pal has said that madger hasn’t signed yet but is on trial and has traveled for game tomo17
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Has told him he wants to move to london9
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Don’t think Madger Gomes solves our need for a couple of wingers. He would be coming in as a 7th centre mid body.2
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Perhaps the Viv we are linked with is Viv Richards and not Solomon- Otobor.killerandflash said:
Larry Gomes, great West Indian batsmanesseffect said:Really lost. Which Gomes are we talking about?
I just looked him up, and he's 68 now, that's depressing!1 -
I'm not sure where we've got the impression Gomes is a winger? Everywhere I've looked his predominant playing position is CM?9
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Seems like Madger Gomes was a bit of a squad player for Doncaster last season.
Wouldn't be a player that fills me with excitement but suppose he's the correct age (24) and maybe Adkins/scouting department sees something in him.
He was on trial at the beginning of the month with Portsmouth so either they passed on him, or he is shopping himself around.1 -
It's 5 o'clock Friday and we've waited all afternoon for the public proclaimation of our new "it's done" signing.
Who's turn is it to be hung, drawn and quartered today? We need a scapegoat and soon, because I need to go and finish painting my shed in a minute!
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🎵We all dream of a team of centre mids…0
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Callumcafc said:
Overall, how would you assess Madger Gomes' two years at Doncaster?
To be honest, Gomes was on the fringes in the main.
Although he made a decent number of appearances, his outings from the outset were restricted.
Part of that was because he didn't play an awful lot so he would pick up injuries fairly easily.
He had a decent run in the team at one point last season but got injured. Then after returning to fitness, he got injured again straight away, so that hindered him.
Gomes had a really good start to last season when he scored four goals in the opening five games. It looked like he'd been working on stuff since the 20219-20 campaign was curtailed (because of the coronavirus outbreak).
What hurt him at Rovers, certainly under Darren Moore, is they played a 4-2-3-1 formation and it was difficult for Gomes to nail down a specific position.
He played in the number-10 role, on the left-hand side sometimes and in the deep-lying role.
It was difficult for him to nail down a position and he ended up featuring in that deep-lying role more - that wasn't particularly his strongest position.
It's probably difficult to know how good he actually is because we never got to see Gomes over a consistent period and he never established him.
He didn't particularly impress but there are caveats to that.
What would you say his best position is then?
Certainly, featuring somewhere in the middle of the park but not as a defensive-midfielder.
He'd be best as a box-to-box midfielder in a 4-4-2 system.
Gomes isn't rapidly quick but looked to have a decent engine on him.
He can get around the pitch. Being a busy player is probably his best attribute.
Gomes gets into positions but can also close the opposition down.
Gomes' involvement dwindled after Andy Butler took over as interim-manager following Darren Moore's exit. Why was that?
To be honest, I don't think Andy fancied him. I just don't think Gomes favoured what Andy wanted to do.
So it was no surprise he was released at the end of the season as he'd been on the fringes.
Because Rovers knew there was going to be a big turnover and they were going to have to rebuild, they thought it'd be more beneficial to free the money up from their budget rather than keeping him.
Were you surprised when you found out he was on trial at Pompey?
I was surprised, yes. You think Pompey will again be competing at the top end of League One.
I thought Gomes would probably be taking a step down - whether that's to a League One club further down the table or down to League Two.
If Pompey were to sign Gomes, is he capable of being part of a team pushing for promotion?
From what I have seen, he would be as a squad player.
Whether you see him week in, week out, I don't know but I can't really say at this point because I've not seen him do that myself.
If he got a run of games, it might make a difference for him but I couldn't really say he'd be starting every week.
However, as a squad player, Gomes could do a job.
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Hello Lee, how many CMs will you have at Birmingham this year?ElliotCAFC said:🎵We all dream of a team of centre mids…4 -
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That article is pretty informative. You'd have thought central midfielders would be a low priority now, when we have academy players like Dempsey, Henry and Vennings in the wings0
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Well volunteered!Oggy Red said:It's 5 o'clock Friday and we've waited all afternoon for the public proclaimation of our new "it's done" signing.
Who's turn is it to be hung, drawn and quartered today? We need a scapegoat and soon, because I need to go and finish painting my shed in a minute!1 -
Say no more, welcome aboardCallumcafc said:Callumcafc said:Overall, how would you assess Madger Gomes' two years at Doncaster?
To be honest, Gomes was on the fringes in the main.
Although he made a decent number of appearances, his outings from the outset were restricted.
Part of that was because he didn't play an awful lot so he would pick up injuries fairly easily.
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Give it until 5.45.0
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That doesn't make good reading. Out injured a lot and the journo thinks league 2 or mid to lower League 1 standard.Callumcafc said:
I've tried to stay off here this week & when posting tried not to be too negative.....but currently the "rebuild" is not filling me with much confidence. Players people have mentioned on here that they think we should be going for (Fraser, Piggott, Twine to name but 3) have signed for other teams & we seem to be signing lesser known players (Clare & Dobson) that haven't really been mentioned. I really did think that we'd be signing some players that would excite & get us out of this division. I posted 2 weeks ago that noises coming from the club seem to suggest that we are looking at recruiting from within, and with today's comments about Davison that seems to be the case. Obviously wont make any judgements until I see the players in the flesh once the season has started but with 2 weeks to go (sorry, but the transfer deadline is a bit of a misnomer imo) I'm fearing another struggle just to compete with the top 8-10 sides like last year.9 -
We need first choice quality players, can’t see us gambling on Gomes unless we have room in the budget later on to add a squad player or two.5
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Gomes doesn't seem to fit what we need at all but I guess it doesn't hurt having a trialist with the squad issues we've got at the moment.0
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23.59.59Valley27000 said:Give it until 5.45.0 -
Personally I’d be very underwhelmed if we signed signed Gomes, considering he was released by Donny, whose fans don’t really rate him and was passed by Pompey. Would prefer a 10/playmaker to compete with Albie.4
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Need a front line striker first. Haven't replaced Aneke - and he was underused as it was.RedRobin said:Personally I’d be very underwhelmed if we signed signed Gomes, considering he was released by Donny, whose fans don’t really rate him and was passed by Pompey. Would prefer a 10/playmaker to compete with Albie.
Imo none of the current 4 strikers will get 20 goals this coming season. Stockley will be close but the supply will have to be spot on.....and that has been the problem of late and is exacerbated with the fact we currently only have 1 wide player. Stockley isnt going to go past defenders with the ball at his feet & wont be racing onto through balls like a BWP or Bent.8
