We definitly need at least a loan Striker in January, someone like Loic Remy, Charlie Austin, Bony back on loan, that would be the cheapest way of staying up for the big money next season........
I actually think that Gomis does have all the tools and when he is on it is a dangerous striker.....the problem is that he is not on it very often (for us), and he looks like he can't be arsed. I think he makes a handy scapegoat (as he smiles at missing a sitter or jogs back onside, slower than Boris Johnson could manage), but the far bigger problem is that we are not passing the ball well, not committing men forward from midfield and full-back and not creating too many chances.....in short, we have stopped playing attacking football. The fact that if he misses he is unlikely to get another chance is probably not helping with his confidence.
Bap I do agree with you, but it is the missed chances, at the level we are at you don't get many good chances per game and when you do the striker you are paying 80grand a week should be taking them, that is what he is paid to do and he is not doing it very well.
I don't disagree Trunds, it is just that many of his clear and easier opportunities have come when he has strayed offside. TBH he is pretty incompetent for a striker of his age and experience
Agree he has the tools when at the top of his game, but he is more miss than hit with consistency, and there is the little matter of his big rear end which should be good for holding up the ball, but ends up being a floor cushion, not to mention his off side perks.........
Ditto for me , except for the big rear end remark.This post is pretty well the way I see Gomis , except to say a lot of times he seems to be "Going Through the Motions " rather than playing his position. If he could get his mental game together , he could be a super player.
Well Monk has 2 weeks to ponder what he will do different for the Bournemouth game, not holding my breath, but if he starts Gomis, then Monk must go, anyone who continues to play such an inept out of form Striker needs shooting........
Blaming Gomis for our current attacking woes is like blaming a lightbulb for not working during a powercut. Something you do if you're a bit twp. We're struggling to score goals because we have a manager whose sole aim appears to be choking any semblance of creative, ambitous attacking play out of our side. For all the childish criticism he threw Sousa's way, Monk's team isn't half built in his image. Only difference is Sousa's team would probably have managed a clean sheet against Norwich. Kick Huw's Monkey to the curb, install a proper manager and watch all our forward players magically rediscover life in the final third.
There's probably an awful lot of truth in that but then again why take a shot on goal from a good 25 yards out moving away from goal or when he fell over in a perfectly good position inside Norwich's penalty box instead of taking a shot , or the other attempts that were created but he sent high wide and handsome Confidences are shot throughout the side but some of the actions taken have to be purely down to the player imo
People do silly things when frustrated and pissed off. As for the offside nonsense, it works out at roughly twice per game. I expect that from the kind of striker who lingers on the last defender. Michael Owen used to be offside that many times per half. It's a natural side effect of him playing that way and us playing the ball forwards as slowly as we do. He moves, the defender shifts up and finally the pass is played.
I'm afraid it's not that easy Rangel , the single biggest reason for Gomis's problems is Gomis's lack of focus and concentration....period.
Not as pissed off and frustrated as me If that was the whole picture then I would agree , how many times has he been offside when our attack has broken down the opposition attack us , we win it back play a ball forward to him and guess what he's still ambling back ,I wonder how many statistics show that ?.
It doesn't take much for a striker to stay onside, he just has to keep an eye on the movement of his opposite number, but that is a side show, he has fumbled his lines embarrassingly too many times this last 5 or 6 weeks, nutmeged by the keeper last game, fumbled up a one on one with the Arsenal keeper, shooting for the moon at 25yds, diving and falling over for a penalty, rather than staying on his feet to fight for the ball, cannot hold the ball due to chronic first touch, ball bounces off him usually to an opposition player, poor at reading the play of game, slow to get in the box, I could go on, and on, he is playing like a League 1 Striker at the minute, so guess what, I don't agree with you........................
