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Football FanCast columnist Matt Wright feels that someone has to get hold of Gomes, and quick, to stop this
run of form from spiralling out of control.
The media certainly love to jump on the bandwagon and the having a pop at Huerelho
Gomes is seemingly the order of the day. High profile mistakes in the past week
has seemingly made the Brazilian the finger of ridicule and subsequently they
are already lining up replacements as they suggest that Harry Redknapp has
already lost faith in the former PSV stopper.
I honestly think that the criticisms of Gomes have been somewhat harsh and despite the three errors against Villa, Udinese and last night against Arsenal has been excellent and has kept Spurs in a lot of games this season. It is clear that he is having a bad week at the office, but how many other players have had them over the past two months and been devoid of criticism.
The problem with goalkeepers, like Robinson found out last year, is that once a couple of mistakes kick in then the media's reaction does little but exasperate the situation. Already the pundits are on Gomes back, the media as mentioned are continually trying to drive a wedge between Harry and the Brazilian, by touting transfer targets, and subsequently it is all down to Gomes to see if he is strong enough mentally to overcome all these added pressures. The attention and spotlight destroyed every ounce of confidence that Paul Robinson had, so we will only know in the coming weeks if it has had such an effect on Gomes and whether he will subsequently become a liability.
So what do Spurs fans feel about Gomes and do you believe the criticism to be justified or a little harsh on the Brazilian this season? There was no question that Harry Redknapp in his post match interview was scornful of the defending at set plays, but is a lot of those problems down to the defence having little confidence in their keeper? Gomes certainly likes to be commanding of his penalty box and, as Corluka found to his cost, doesn't care who gets in his way and you just wonder if the indecision as to who will take crosses is playing on their minds. It is clear that Harry or the keeping coach will have to get hold of the Brazilian to stop it spiralling out of control in the same way it did Robbo, otherwise changes will have to be made come January. I personally feel we have a top class keeper, but once mistakes creep in then it tends to provide the most slippery of slopes and one that subsequently is difficult to climb.







Comments
Agreed that Gomes is getting
He will be sold on I reckon,
"The finger of ridicule"?
Kev - you believe everything
Kev - you believe everything
Gomez is poo. Whats the
Firstly I do not believe
I agree. The problem in the
He is not a bad goalkeeper .