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      HScRed1
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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #644: Feb 01, 2019 11:33:13 pm
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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #645: Feb 01, 2019 11:36:33 pm
      Well thatā€™s the season over for him.... and Lovren injured again.... good job thereā€™s a period you can strengthen your squad coming up... oh wait...
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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #646: Feb 01, 2019 11:44:32 pm
      If anything happens to VVD itā€™s season over because we canā€™t rely on the other 3 unfortunately to stay fit.

      I think it was Tomkins who said the greatest predictor of a injury was a previous injury  - donā€™t buy injury prone players!
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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #647: Feb 01, 2019 11:49:12 pm
      I swear Iā€™ve never heard of an injury like this.... ā€œthe bone hasnā€™t knitted together properlyā€ ?!?!?!  Just F***ing sh*te news.  Iā€™ve been terrified all season injuries could F**k us up. And now we could be relying on lovren for the rest of the season? To help win us the league?! And what a surprise heā€™s broken down again....
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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #648: Feb 01, 2019 11:58:18 pm
      If anything happens to VVD itā€™s season over because we canā€™t rely on the other 3 unfortunately to stay fit.

      I think it was Tomkins who said the greatest predictor of a injury was a previous injury  - donā€™t buy injury prone players!

      Lovren's injury record at previous clubs isn't that bad and young joe was just a promising kid at charlton
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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #649: Feb 02, 2019 12:05:06 am
      Get fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccc ccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkee eeeeeeeeeeeedddddddddddd dddddddddddd.

      We need him back badly, have no faith in Matip and have little faith in Lovren.
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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #650: Feb 02, 2019 12:12:24 am
      Lovren's injury record at previous clubs isn't that bad and young joe was just a promising kid at charlton

      Maybe but ;

      Most games missed since 15/16
      Kompany 99
      Gomez 84
      Jones 74
      Lovren 46
      Smalling 44
      Vertonghan 41

      Most individual injuries by a CB:
      Lovren 19
      Sokratis 15
      Kompany 14
      Jones 9

      Would suggest that Lovren is definitely injury prone and Gomez is trending the same way.
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      Reply #651: Feb 02, 2019 12:19:45 am
      Maybe but ;

      Most games missed since 15/16
      Kompany 99
      Gomez 84
      Jones 74
      Lovren 46
      Smalling 44
      Vertonghan 41

      Most individual injuries by a CB:
      Lovren 19
      Sokratis 15
      Kompany 14
      Jones 9

      Would suggest that Lovren is definitely injury prone and Gomez is trending the same way.

      But that's after we signed them so tompkins point is pretty redundant
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      Reply #652: Feb 02, 2019 12:23:13 am
      But that's after we signed them so tompkins point is pretty redundant

      Oh so that means they are not injury prone fair enough  :D
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      Reply #653: Feb 02, 2019 12:30:00 am
      Oh so that means they are not injury prone fair enough  :D

      The original point was don't buy injury prone players, gomez and lovren weren't when signed
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      Reply #654: Feb 02, 2019 12:30:12 am
      Out of curiosity, how many other teams does anyone know of that has 5+ registered CBs in their team and actually benefit from it?

      Arsenal (5) - Koscielny, Mustafi, Sokratis, Holding, Mavraponos.

      Bournemouth (3) - Cook, Ake, Smith.

      Brighton (4) - Duffy, Dunk, Burn, Balogun

      Burnley (4) - Tarkowski, Gibson, Mee, Long

      Cardiff (4) - Manga, Bamba, Morrison, Connolly

      Chelsea (5) - Luiz, Rudiger, Cahill, Christensen, Ampadu

      Palace (4) - Sakho, Dann, Tomkins, Riedewald

      Everton (5) - Jagielka, Mina, Zouma, Keane, Browning

      Fulham (4) - Chambers, Ream, Masson, Marchand

      Huddersfield (4) - Zanka, Stankovic, Schindler, Kongolo

      Leicester (4) - Morgan, Maguire, Soyuncu, Evans

      Liverpool (4) - Lovren, Virgil, Matip, Gomez

      Man City (5) - Otamendi, Magala, Kompany, Stones, Laporte

      United (5) - Rojo, Bailly, Smalling, Jones, Lindelof

      Newcastle (5) - Lascelles, Clark, Fernandez, Lejune, Schar

      Saints (4) - Yoshida, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Stephens

      Spurs (4) - Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Foyth

      Watford (5) - Britos, Mariappa, Prodl, Cathcart, Kabasele

      West Ham (5) - Rice, Ogbonna, Reid, Balbuena, Diop

      Wolves (3) - Bennett, Boly, Coady

      So, us having 4 CBs isnā€™t as much of a problem as some would have you believe, sure we could have had 5, by either keeping Klavan or bringing another player in, but how do we know we wouldnā€™t lose that player to injury? Or another player to injury still? The season would have gone differently and for all we know we could have ended up with the front 3 injured instead. Also is there really that much benefit to having 5 registered? City have 5 but Mangala is injured, Kompany always injured and Stones gets a number of knocks. United and West Ham have 5 but both have had loads of injuries and struggled for numbers there. Arsenal have 5 but have to play Xhaka and Monreal their due to injuries...Monreal has lots of injuries too.

      Itā€™s all well and good saying Klopp messed up not bringing one in but in the grand scheme of things itā€™s not that much of a problem compared to the number of options for other teams. Fab can play there if need be. Injuries canā€™t be predicted, these things happen and signing players or keeping players just for the sake of it doesnā€™t help either because then you are expecting a player who hasnā€™t played any part up to that point to come in and do a good job. But then that wonā€™t be right either because if heā€™s rusty from not playing matches then people will moan he played sh*t and isnā€™t reliable cover.
      It isnā€™t ideal losing a number of players from an area to injury but thereā€™s nothing we can do about that, we have to deal with the situation. Maybe the people who were so pissed at us going out of the FA Cup will be more relieved now because it could have been a lot worse had we stayed in it.
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      Reply #655: Feb 02, 2019 12:35:14 am
      Out of curiosity, how many other teams does anyone know of that has 5+ registered CBs in their team and actually benefit from it?

      Arsenal (5) - Koscielny, Mustafi, Sokratis, Holding, Mavraponos.

      Bournemouth (3) - Cook, Ake, Smith.

      Brighton (4) - Duffy, Dunk, Burn, Balogun

      Burnley (4) - Tarkowski, Gibson, Mee, Long

      Cardiff (4) - Manga, Bamba, Morrison, Connolly

      Chelsea (5) - Luiz, Rudiger, Cahill, Christensen, Ampadu

      Palace (4) - Sakho, Dann, Tomkins, Riedewald

      Everton (5) - Jagielka, Mina, Zouma, Keane, Browning

      Fulham (4) - Chambers, Ream, Masson, Marchand

      Huddersfield (4) - Zanka, Stankovic, Schindler, Kongolo

      Leicester (4) - Morgan, Maguire, Soyuncu, Evans

      Liverpool (4) - Lovren, Virgil, Matip, Gomez

      Man City (5) - Otamendi, Magala, Kompany, Stones, Laporte

      United (5) - Rojo, Bailly, Smalling, Jones, Lindelof

      Newcastle (5) - Lascelles, Clark, Fernandez, Lejune, Schar

      Saints (4) - Yoshida, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Stephens

      Spurs (4) - Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Foyth

      Watford (5) - Britos, Mariappa, Prodl, Cathcart, Kabasele

      West Ham (5) - Rice, Ogbonna, Reid, Balbuena, Diop

      Wolves (3) - Bennett, Boly, Coady

      So, us having 4 CBs isnā€™t as much of a problem as some would have you believe, sure we could have had 5, by either keeping Klavan or bringing another player in, but how do we know we wouldnā€™t lose that player to injury? Or another player to injury still? The season would have gone differently and for all we know we could have ended up with the front 3 injured instead. Also is there really that much benefit to having 5 registered? City have 5 but Mangala is injured, Kompany always injured and Stones gets a number of knocks. United and West Ham have 5 but both have had loads of injuries and struggled for numbers there. Arsenal have 5 but have to play Xhaka and Monreal their due to injuries...Monreal has lots of injuries too.

      Itā€™s all well and good saying Klopp messed up not bringing one in but in the grand scheme of things itā€™s not that much of a problem compared to the number of options for other teams. Fab can play there if need be. Injuries canā€™t be predicted, these things happen and signing players or keeping players just for the sake of it doesnā€™t help either because then you are expecting a player who hasnā€™t played any part up to that point to come in and do a good job. But then that wonā€™t be right either because if heā€™s rusty from not playing matches then people will moan he played sh*t and isnā€™t reliable cover.
      It isnā€™t ideal losing a number of players from an area to injury but thereā€™s nothing we can do about that, we have to deal with the situation. Maybe the people who were so pissed at us going out of the FA Cup will be more relieved now because it could have been a lot worse had we stayed in it.


      I think even simpletons like me know that Lovren and Gomez canā€™t be relied on so that leaves us with 2 CBā€™s.
      Not sure why Edwards stats donā€™t pick up these sort of stats, maybe it involves spending money!
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      Reply #656: Feb 02, 2019 12:42:46 am
      What we lose with potentially Gomez out for the rest of the season is we can afford to push up aggressively and just leave Gomez and VVD at the back, both with their pace will just mop up every counter attack but know we need to play another way.

      We saw the downside v Palace and Leicester!
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      Reply #657: Feb 02, 2019 02:13:05 am
      I think even simpletons like me know that Lovren and Gomez canā€™t be relied on so that leaves us with 2 CBā€™s.
      Not sure why Edwards stats donā€™t pick up these sort of stats, maybe it involves spending money!

      Why canā€™t Gomez be relied on? His injury was the result of impact, that literally can happen to any player on any challenge. Up until that moment, he has had no problems this season. He clearly hasnā€™t had any reoccurrence of any muscular, tissue or ligament injuries. This was purely from an impact from another player. How can a player who had been virtually ever present up until that point not be relied upon?

      Lovren is different, once again itā€™s a muscular problem which is a reoccurring issue for him. But then, how often are you expecting to rely upon arguably your 4th choice CB? Ultimately he isnā€™t first choice or 2nd choice for a reason.

      How can it have anything to do with spending money? We spent Ā£170mill in the summer and Ā£75mill the window before that. Whether that money came from Coutinho and the CL is irrelevant because the owners could well have pocketed that money, but they didnā€™t, every single penny of it was reinvested into recruitment. If there is one thing this club can no longer be accused of then itā€™s not being willing to spend money. On top of the transfers, weā€™ve given several players significantly improved contracts and building a new training complex... I canā€™t believe this is still a way to complain about something.

      Just as a side note, is Lovren actually injured again because I havenā€™t seen anything actually saying this other than someone reading into some cryptic message Lovren put online...
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      Reply #658: Feb 02, 2019 03:33:15 am
      Jesus Christ. It feels like I've been waiting for him to come back for 6 months now only to wake up to this today.   

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      Reply #659: Feb 02, 2019 08:40:59 am
      Looks like he needs surgery. Wouldn't expect to see him back anytime soon folks.

      https://twitter.com/DominicKing_DM/status/1091469264085753858?s=19
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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #660: Feb 02, 2019 08:49:28 am
      Oh dear!
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      Reply #661: Feb 02, 2019 01:13:53 pm
      f*** this. Can we sell Lovren and Matip and buy Koulibaly this summer. Officially have the best defense in the world. We'll deal with the rest later.

      Edit: Just a fantasy...not really serious
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      Reply #662: Feb 02, 2019 01:21:26 pm
      f*** this. Can we sell Lovren and Matip and buy Koulibaly this summer. Officially have the best defense in the world. We'll deal with the rest later.

      Edit: Just a fantasy...not really serious

      I prefer younger!!!
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      Reply #663: Feb 02, 2019 01:53:25 pm

      I bet you do...


      ;)
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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #664: Feb 02, 2019 03:18:52 pm
      My main concern here is: Is the guy injury prone? I'm not an expert on the subject and so I'm really asking the question out of pure curiosity based on the number of days/games he's missed since signing for us.

      The logic behind that question being that we know Lovren and Matip are not good enough to be VVD's main partner, so are we going to give this role to somebody who is, yes good enough to do the job, but going to be constantly out with injuries? The CB partnership is a duo that needs stability and understanding, constantly switching between Matip, Lovren, and Gomez is not good enough.

      If he is indeed prone to injuries then I see no reasons to not spend the money on another very good CB even if it means postponing moves for depth wingers and a playmaker. The effects of an airtight defense on the results of the team compared to those of a more dangerous attack due to the addition of a playmaker are not even close to being equal in my book.

      We've seen what difference and airtight defense does. We saw both sides of the medal. Last year offensive feats were nice on the eyes but it just wasn't enough. This year, up until the last couple of games, scoring one goal was often all we needed to collect the 3 points and move on. 

      We have a pretty good backline that includes a world class CB and a world class keeper, I prefer we splash the cash and secure the backbone of the team than spend the next couple of years having the best defense ''once this or that player comes back from injury''.



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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #665: Feb 02, 2019 03:27:33 pm
      What we lose with potentially Gomez out for the rest of the season is we can afford to push up aggressively and just leave Gomez and VVD at the back, both with their pace will just mop up every counter attack but know we need to play another way.

      We saw the downside v Palace and Leicester!

      We'll just have to switch to the more gung ho style of last season, ie outscore opponents, we know we are capable of it, at least for 14 games.
      Having said that we still have Virgil and Allisson and they make a huge difference plus getting Trent back will also help massively.
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      Re: Joe Gomez Player Thread
      Reply #666: Feb 02, 2019 03:37:02 pm
      sh*t. Wasn't expecting to hear this.

      Our defending has taken a hit since Joe and Trent have been out. Our cover is not that bad, but Joe is a big part of the reason for that rock solid defence we had pre the new year. Still, our defence was pretty good with Lovren and Virgil in the second half of last season, so it's not a disaster. We really do not want any more injuries at the back from now on though.

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