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If things don't go well, Ole will play Gomes. We beat Chelsea and drew with Wolves away, it was only natural to continue with the same team. If we lose from Soton, new things will be tried and eventually Gomes will get his chance.
So you are agree now that there is nothing to lose from playing the youngster over a player like Lingard (4 league goals 2 assists) & Mata (3 league goals 2 assists)?
Regarding Sancho, City knew how talented he is, just weren't ready to drop Sterling/Sane and play him. Which is natural too. It's not clear that Sancho at his best would bench Sane if the latter is in form. Sancho was 17 y.o. then and wasn't ready. He needed another year at Dormund before starting to shine properly. It's not like City decided to play a Lingard or a Mata over him.
City decided to spent big & signed Mahrez over him.
I'll admit that I like Mata and find his treatment from some fans on here unfair. I'm no Lingard fan nor I blindly believe in Ole. I think some fans are too harsh on Lingard though. He isn't that bad.
They received very fair treatment. Last season, Lingard (4 league goals 2 assists) & Mata (3 league goals 2 assists). That's just not good enough for an output of attacking mid. If you still think that's not bad then you are in really serious delusional on our players.