So he's shit because he had a poor final? Bayern were toothless in general last night. Robben tried the same thing over and over again.
Mario Gomez
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Didnt have the speed to reach it. Too far in front of him. You'd expect a striker to have a go from a few yards out
That's all he ever does really.
Good positioning, I'll give him that. But that's about it, he even looks uncomposed putting away some of the tap ins!
The problem is he once was good as it but somehow can't even score these cut-inside-left-footed-thunder-bolts anymore.
Basically he is useless now. Good thing Bayern just gave him a new contract.
You appear to overlook his CL record - 24 goals in 25 starts (or 36 appearances). CL defending is shit, it seems.
The combination of quickness, skill, strength & size is remarkable in Gomez but it's true, he can miss some very easy ones...I'm still impressed with a big man with that sort of skill & quickness...and he's only 26!
Would've liked to have seen him get a few more chances for headers in the match but I think it's unfair to pile on Mario...He's a fantastic striker...Every striker who has been fantastic has had their run where they couldn't find the net too...Yet all he does is tap ins?...Doesn't sound like someone who has actually seen the player play
Would've liked to have seen him get a few more chances for headers in the match but I think it's unfair to pile on Mario...He's a fantastic striker...Every striker who has been fantastic has had their run where they couldn't find the net too...Yet all he does is tap ins?...Doesn't sound like someone who has actually seen the player play
He was absolutely piss last night but worse than that he totally went missing in the second half and extra time.
Thing is, after seeing him play numerous times now, for Stuttgart, Germany and now Bayern he never has looked like a top player, just a clumsy one with very poor technique who happens to put away a few chances. It's all fine and well when he's scoring but when he's not he's a liability.
Someone said to me once that Ronaldo is a rich mans Gomez.
I laughed.
I laughed.
Defending in the Euro's must be pretty poor too. Only explanation.
My only complain is his disappearance in the CL final 
Great takes today
Good finishes, not much else.
The dude is a footballing enigma. Hew drifts from the sublime to the ridiculous with amazing consistency through out every match.
He's a very good finisher who sometimes tries to do a bit too much. No mystery there. He has good days and bad days
Actually he has them at the same time in the same match all the time. It's why its hard for most folks to rate him highly.
His off days were in the latter parts of the CL, which are probably the only games the people calling him hit and miss have actually seen of him. He's a top striker.
He is a great finisher who is really depended on his confidence which can either be sky high and he goes on a scoring run or it can plummet so bad that he can't even score the easiest goals.
Supposedly only been on the ball for a total of 22 seconds in their first two games and has 3 goals!
He can be a bit of a donkey at times and isn't easy on the eye but he can finish that is for sure.
He can be a bit of a donkey at times and isn't easy on the eye but he can finish that is for sure.
He was great as George Mcfly in Back to the future.
Puts the ball in the back of the net almost every game he plays.
What a shit striker.
What a shit striker.
Isnt that the primary requirement to be idolised by the Toon?
Teutonic efficiency, at it's best - I suspect he'd always bag a sack full of goals in a decent team
His 3 goals were very easy on the eye. His touch and passing at times ... were not.
He's just a total goalscorer who offers little else. A little like what I think Hernandez will ultimately be.
There's something beautiful about ungamely, pure goalscorers who offer nothing else making it in the modern game.
Frankly does it really matter if he does nothing else when he scores 40 a season?
Frankly does it really matter if he does nothing else when he scores 40 a season?
Never liked these types of strikers, whenever he doesn't score he is flop of the match.
The first goal yesterday was fantastic.
He'l almost always get mixed reviews about his quality though, one of those players who bad a lot of goals but do very little other than that. Score, and he'l be praised, a few games without goals, and all sorts of questions will be asked.
He'l almost always get mixed reviews about his quality though, one of those players who bad a lot of goals but do very little other than that. Score, and he'l be praised, a few games without goals, and all sorts of questions will be asked.
There are two Mario Gomez' actually. One who we saw at the CL final a few weeks ago and the one that we witnessed last night.
Nope. Just one. A pure goalscorer who doesnt offer much else. Score and he looks great, miss and he looks overrated.
Just looking at Mario Gomez's stats for the season
51 starts, 47 goals, an average of 15.4 passes per game and only 3.4 shots on average per game!
Two words
fecking lethal.
51 starts, 47 goals, an average of 15.4 passes per game and only 3.4 shots on average per game!
Two words
fecking lethal.
It must take serious concentration to still be able to finish like he does when you barely touch the ball throughout the entire match. He can literally go 20 minutes without touching the ball and then get a chance out of nowhere.
He's a big game bottler though. The amount of chances he missef in the semi and final of the CL
Compared to somebody like RVP who is nothing short of fantastic in big games for club and country?
No. Didn't think so. RVP goes missing in big games all the time, doesn't stop people on here getting wet about him though.
Is it true he was only on the ball for 8 seconds in the game against Holland where he scored twice?
Incredible if it is.
Incredible if it is.
What a ridiculously narrow view. He aint no bottler.
18 seconds, extremely impressive.
22 or 24 seconds in total I think it was.