Man of the Match v Brentford (FA Cup 4th round)

[MikeO]

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[dunlopp9987]

Gomes. Best he's looked in quite a while

[Hafnia]

Gomes. Could lampard be the manager for his fragile confidence 

[Bailey]

Gomes for me. Looked good in the training video and backed that up in the match. 

[FairWooney]

good performance all round but i'll go with the early votes, Gomes put in a good performance, looked to drive forward and look for balls forward all the time.  Didn't always come off but always looking.  Hopefully keeps that up and challenges for a spot in the team.

Gordon, Gray and Richarlison all did a good job in attack, good pressing and pressure on their defence all the time.

Defensively we still looked a bit ropey but lots of positives to be had.  We looked decent on the ball, had a good bit of purpose in attack and unusually scored off of 2 set pieces!

Much more enjoyable watch us working the ball around than constantly sitting back like under Rafa.

[Wiggytop]

Good all round team performance, I’ll go for Gordon as he was a constant threat, running at their defence, he’s growing in confidence and ability each game. 
Holgate much improved also, feeling cautiously confident for the rest of the season 

[c1982]

Gomes - it’s as if he’s been shackled by the last 2 defensive coaches and actually looks at his best when playing in a ‘football playing’ side. Seems obvious now!

Allan was class too.

[MC11]

Holgate 

[Romey 1878]

Allan.

[London Blue]

Everyone played well but Gomes made us tick, his passing and vision were sublime.

Gordon, Holgate, Alan, Richy, hell the whole team were great Gordon especially but has to be Gomes.

 

[StevO]

I’ve seen so much shit defending the last fella saying you can’t do anything with these players, they are all shit, they don’t care, they have no quality. It might have been Brentford, but a team without DCL or Doucoure, had Godfrey go off injured early on, had about four days training with Frank. Suddenly these shit players can pass a ball, control a game, one touch passing, build play right across the pitch, and most importantly score four goals!

Either Frank is a wizard or the other fella was not as good as he claimed. 
 

Frank has got me hooked again, if we win on Tuesday I’m not sure I can handle the optimism. 
 

Also, Andre Gomes looked like Andre Gomes today. That was lovely to see. When he’s confident he looks taller, stronger, faster, more of this please. 

[nyblue23]

29 minutes ago, StevO said:

I’ve seen so much shit defending the last fella saying you can’t do anything with these players, they are all shit, they don’t care, they have no quality. It might have been Brentford, but a team without DCL or Doucoure, had Godfrey go off injured early on, had about four days training with Frank. Suddenly these shit players can pass a ball, control a game, one touch passing, build play right across the pitch, and most importantly score four goals! 

It was never about the players' ability (excluding Rondon, Delph, and now, sadly, Coleman). It was about their attitude and their confidence. Those two things you can coach, and I am similarly excited.

[Hafnia]

41 minutes ago, StevO said:

I’ve seen so much shit defending the last fella saying you can’t do anything with these players, they are all shit, they don’t care, they have no quality. It might have been Brentford, but a team without DCL or Doucoure, had Godfrey go off injured early on, had about four days training with Frank. Suddenly these shit players can pass a ball, control a game, one touch passing, build play right across the pitch, and most importantly score four goals!

Either Frank is a wizard or the other fella was not as good as he claimed. 
 

Frank has got me hooked again, if we win on Tuesday I’m not sure I can handle the optimism. 
 

Also, Andre Gomes looked like Andre Gomes today. That was lovely to see. When he’s confident he looks taller, stronger, faster, more of this please. 

I think there is more to it than that. We have seen these players down tools in games and collectively be called out for lack of effort.

If every player approached the game like Allan, Gordon and Richy we would not have struggled as much.

there is no doubt that management has been poor too. 

[Aidan]

1 hour ago, StevO said:

Also, Andre Gomes looked like Andre Gomes today.

I always feel Andre Gomes looks more like Andre Gomes when his hair is long

[DownUnderToff]

Gordon for mine. 

Was our cleanest player, had some great tight space passes in the final 3rd and controlled the ball well. 

If Gray and Richy had been cleaner/on a similar wavelength with combination play, think we would have seen some very attractive chances.

Good shifts by a number of the lads though.

[Cornish Steve]

Gordon, without a doubt. Allan was once again excellent, and Gomes was much improved, but in Gordon we have a superstar in the making.

[Btay]

Gomes - no surprises he looked a much better player in a possession minded team. Constantly took the ball under pressure and looked after it. Hopefully it’s a sign of things to come. Donny and him will be fighting for the same spot 

[Bill]

Great difference in the way we played yesterday from previous games.

I haven't enjoyed watching us recently but it was like a breadth of fresh air at Goodison yesterday, such a pleasant feeling.  Lots of good performances from us but i will just mention two.

Gordon... seems to be getting better and better with every game, I like watching him play.

Gomes ... looked a class player again, the team were told to "Love the ball', well he certainly did because nobody was going to take it off him a really classy performance and my MOTM.