I think he is much better than Givens -people does get tied up by Givens shot stopping abilities but when was the last time he came for a cross? The man always on his line; at least Gomes commands his area and does not depend on his defenders to take care of crosses like Givens.
Funny how men are comparing Gomes to Schmeichel an ting haha.
An I eh really sure who Givens is - but Shay has been doing it consistently at a high level for far longer than Gomes.
They both have their flaws but Gomes probably go hadda prove himself for a few more years before anyone could really pass fair judgment yes.
I don't think anybody is comparing Gomes to Schmeichel, per se, Breds.....I think someone is making the point that even for someone as great as Schmeichel, getting adjusted to the English game seemed to have presented challenges that made people question even his ability, similarly for Gomes......and even Craig Gordon. I remember hummuch cry dong he get just on this forum alone.
Funny thing about football, is that goalkeeping is one of the most important positions on a team (for various reasons) yet, it's the most often misunderstood and a lot of the criticisms that GK's get from players, analysts, announcers and fans alike are coming from places of misunderstanding. It is a position that brings with it, a totally different set of challenges that, unless you have played the position, you really don't understand the dynamics of your role and your responsibility, the psychological burden that comes with it and the difficulty of carrying them out, especially when your teammates in front of you playin a setta shit.
So that is why when you spoke earlier about Gomes not being commanding enough or being too laid-back, or Giggsy talking about Shay Given not coming out for crosses, I couldn't agree. Yet. There is more that needs to be analyzed in terms of his relationship with his defenders, before you can say for sure that he has a problem, and some of that analysis can't come from watching it on a screen.
I'm sure Dinho and all could tell you that sometimes the hardest thing to do could be to get a defender to follow the simplest of instructions because every body has in his own mind what he should be doing and what you should be doing, too. Even for the best trained, well-rehearsed of professional teams and players, something as simple as setting a wall could be a headache.
