 Welcome to Toffy TV. I am joined by Andy with the scuson Andre Gomez. He's signed and what we're looking at in this one is what type of midfield player are we truly getting with Gomez. He played 29 times last season for Everton, scored one goal, had one assist, but I'm not about you man, but I always feel like there was more to come from Andre. Obviously he had no pre-season last season. I'd seen him off Valencia and he was someone who could travel with the ball and stuff. When at times last year we got to see little bits of that from Gomez, but never on a regular basis. So he's come permanently now. So what exactly are we getting with Andre Gomez? Well there's two sides to Andre Gomez and I think obviously we've seen different sides at times. He's got that level of ability that you don't get with many midfielders in the Premier League. He can take over a game, he can take over a game, he can break the line to the dribble, he's an excellent pass, especially short, long, he can pick any pass. It's just consistency and maybe you could say it was pre-season, maybe you could say he was getting used to the level of premise because it takes time to adapt. Hopefully we'll see more from next season. I'd say there's two sides to Gomez. There's the level of talent he's got and the ability he's got. And it's also whether he plays the mental side of the game, whether he plays within himself or expresses himself and sometimes too often at times plays within himself so we don't see the best of him. So I think maybe in the second season we'll see better than obviously we could go through a couple of things. I mean I think with Silva he's got a reputation of being a really good man manager hasn't he? We obviously the little bits he put on, he's got his arm round players and he's talking to players about certain things. You know I think the reason why Andre Gomez agreed to stay and wanted to stay at Everton was that man-to-man from Marco Silva, what he's building within the dressing room I think. James Coleman alluded to, he brought the right type of player and we all gel as a team and blah, blah, blah. And that's important and I suppose for him, having had the Barcelona experience where you've gone to a massive elite club in Welsh football and it hasn't quite worked and it affected the mental side of it for him. So actually have some roots down now at a club where the fans love him, quite clearly the manager likes him, the players like him. So you think we can get extra out of him because of that? Yeah I think so and I think you know as you say with Marco Silva he isn't an excellent man manager and people all spoke about him, people at Wofford spoke about him, people at Everton have now spoke about him. You know in really positive terms and I think that's what you'll see with Andre Gomez as well. Maybe it's a trust thing in the fact that he will play to more to his ability and let himself go more in a sense. Because he trusts the manager is going to be believes in his talent, believes in his ability, he's not going to get dropped if he makes a mistake, he can sort of express himself more. I think obviously coming from Barcelona you know he made a mistake one game he'd be out the team and I think that's what Wofford did affect his mental health at times. Barcelona fans are very expectant to people and I think with the manager's belief and the trust that he's going to be trusted more on the pitch and being able to express himself. I think we will see a better side to him. I think the confidence will flow more and I think he will get back to the players in Valencia where he was confident, where he was one of the better players in the league in that sense. It's a key sign for Evan isn't it because there's not many midfielders. I don't see around who we could have got who can do the kind of thing that Andre Gomez does in terms of his creativity. I don't mean creativity because creativity is not the right word, let's have it right. But because he's so comfortable and technical on the ball, I don't think we've had anyone like him really since probably Michael Arteta in that position. You can take the ball and move it different ways and manipulate the ball. But like I said before he's a key sign for Marco Silva but I still think there's got to be more from him as well. I think that's partly why we've signed and in the sense that we saw the good and the bad at times last season. But for continuity in the sense that we need to engage and understand another. He's used to the Premier League, he's got that year of adaptation out. I think that the manager and Marco and Marcel Brands have looked at it and thought he's already bought into Evan and we're going to invest in him for the next five, six years, whatever it may be. He's a key part of the side. We can't go into the season where he may have been a step back every time another midfielder who needs another six months to bed in, another case in the centre back. So I think that's why they want to keep the level that's ended last season and add to that as well. He is a key sign in that sense and you don't get many midfielders of that ability. I know people would say oh we didn't show his full ability but the level of ability he's got, we wouldn't in the past have signed players of that level. He's a metronome in the sense that he makes everything tick over in the field. He can control the game. We haven't really got that midfield as you say since McLeod said. So now it is the time in the sense that it's invested in him, making believe that Evan and Trustin want him to be basically one of the first players on the team. So I think that's what he's bought into himself. Definitely and obviously the club. I'm just looking at him. The club will be made up with him on all of the front and centre of everything they do commercially. He's a good looking lad, let's have a look at that. We're going to look at a couple of slides that you've done for us but how he compares to other midfielders. Obviously the eye test is a good one because he looks great on it. I always say to people there's got to be two sides to it because obviously with the eye test I've got certain types of players. So when they do something good in the game I obviously buy into that more but then sometimes I wouldn't notice bad things they've done. So the eye test can be treated as well as stats because stats are all about context as well. So we look at some data. I wouldn't go over the top and be like oh this proves he's a bad player, this proves he's a great player. It's got to be all in context and you'll see it when we compare into different Premier League teams. Certain players have better clubs obviously, better players to pass through, it can affect them. But you've just got to take it. There is areas he can improve on. So let's have a look. The first slide here we've got is tackles attempted and players dribbling past them. So this is one of the things that's picked up before in the past is defensive work needs to get better. I think Marco Silva is a known person who positionally works with players and he will pick it up as he goes on. Obviously in Barcelona they didn't have to defend or do much in Valencia again. They weren't one of the better teams in the league. A different type of league in the Premier League you need to be able to protect those centre backs. Gey obviously is not someone who sits in front of the back four. He likes to go and chase the man on the ball. Gomez needs to be that player. He needs to be positionally aware of where the player is coming from and pick up that runner. In this sense people are quite obsessed with dribble pass last season because van Dijkard didn't get dribble pass. It's objective in that sense. If you look at it, Gomez is here. He does get dribble pass far too often in the sense that maybe that needs to improve. But in terms of tackles attempted he's attempted more tackles than Giorginio or to Corey. Corey, he's got more than the Corey. Yes he's making more. He's attempted more tackles. He is attempted more but still further slower in terms of successful tackles. It's just this really. He needs to be getting better and making sure he positions himself better. So he can pick up a runner. Gian Moutini proposed it well last season. He's way higher than Gomez in terms of how many times he was dribble pass for 90 last season. So it's just an improvement there. It isn't too bad defensively. That's somebody you need to improve in that double pivot. If you were playing a three, you could probably play two more defensive players at Gaea and someone else with them. But in this case it would be the double pivot where we played two. Each pick up is defensive work. I mean, fellor right at the track. Well yeah, we can't forget Gaea. If you look at Gaea, obviously Gaea makes a lot of tackles. His dribble pass numbers are going to be higher because at the end of the day the more tackles you try and make the more likely you are to try and get. Obviously he'll find out who he's here but he's not even attempting half the number of tackles Gaea's. So it just shows how good Gaea's really attacking people really. Incredible. So on to the next clip. So this is more like a creativity. So you've got key passes. Now key passes, this is why it's called data for anyone. It's not up to date with key passes. It's chances created. It's slightly different. This is passes that lead directly to a shot. So it does favour people who take set pieces such as westward and mootee. Because obviously you cross on the ball. Had a goal over everything. So but if you look at this. So you know in terms of Andrew Gomez's got one assist last season. And in terms of creating passes that are turning to shots it needs to be improved. You need to be sort of into the teens really as a centre of the field. You look at people for being your decor. You know you've obviously got a defensive offensive player next to him. Especially in the decor case in Capoe. So like Gaea's we've got Gaea for that position. Andrew Gomez needs to contribute more. I'm not saying he needs to get ten assists this season because he doesn't. That's not what we expect. We just expect him to contribute more on a tack. So you know and we'll see in a later slide. It's more about him being involved more on the final thing. Which I think he will be. There's certain games. We took over games. Especially at Liverpool. They couldn't control them. I think we need to see more of that. And then the numbers will rise up. I mean is he, would you compare him to some like Ruben Neves at Wolff? Similar type yeah. He carries the ball. Well Neves is more of a sort of quarterback type of player. So you know you compare him. I'd say you know decor even though the different types of player. They're the people who are going to have to get fairer into the final thing. But then again Gaea did it at times last season. I can't see the Gaea's not on there. I don't want to cut him off for whatever reason. But he needs to be more involved in the final third. And that is key for him. Moving on. With in two passes of penalty area. Paying 90 and final third. Yeah so this is just. So the brilliant obviously plays much further forward. As does Benard or Silver. So they're not really sure really in this. So you look at more players similar to him. So you've got, if you look at this. This is final passes made in the final third. Seven. It's not too bad. But you look at Gaea's a bit of making more passes in the final third. You'd expect Gomez to make more. You know we've got people like Bacooner and Noble. He needs to really. The other players he should be sort of ahead of all level with. You know and Harry Winks as well. You know people like that. You need him in this range of sort of 8, 9, 10. It's not to see as bad. Because look at the donker. Wrote off the streak who people love. They're not making the same number of passes in the final third. Maybe because in terms of Chelsea. Obviously Chelsea have more of a ball than Everton. But you know if you look at sort of Rice as well. He's got more than Rice which is good. But Gomez needs to improve in these numbers. And he needs to get more involved in the final third. With the passers-by-penalty area again. It depends if you've got it in front of you sometimes. People are making runs. But people like Richard Charleston, Bernard. He needs to be picking those balls out a bit more. It's just more involvement. And I think it's not that he's not capable of getting these higher numbers. It's more of involvement really. It's just that sometimes I don't think he's getting involved enough in the final third. As I say he plays within himself enough times. But again he's got the quality on the ball. You can pick a pass. When Richard Charleston scored he got to the bar and cut the ball back. He's capable of breaking the lines and creating chances for Everton. I think he will do more of that. And the more chances you create. The more key passes you make whatever metric you want to use. The more likely you are to have assists. So the higher your number of them. So he needs to get into the range of 20 chances he creates next season. He should get 3, 4, 5 assists. The numbers up. The balance up. I mean he can't gap Sheenham like you said. Sheenham for Valenti carrying the ball deep into the final third. That's the key. He's got those teams who are sitting with two banks of four. He's got that ability to create havoc when he breaks through the first line. And he's running onto the second line and you can get players running off. Like your school against Wolves? Yeah exactly that. He's absolutely brilliant. That's the ability he's got. He's got him. We've seen a couple of other games where he's danced past two or three in the box. And then there's games where he's just passing the ball around. Which is what we need. Because you need to keep retaining possession. Because obviously the more you've got the ball, as we've appeared to Martina's one said, the less chance you are to concede. But it's got to be progressive and we'll look at progressive in a minute. But you need to be involved more in the final third and pass the ball into the box. But again this is not a criticism. We expect more because we know he's capable of more. I'd like to see him have more shots as well. If somebody can shoot with both feet, with power. As I say, he's got well class ability. There's no denying it. It's just whether he can play with you. Next one. This is a defensive metric again. So this is a successful interception, successful tackles. Not great because he's averaging the one interception. He's averaging under two tackles again. Now he's not the most defensive player. Obviously we've got the man again here. He's just the best defensive of the fielder in terms of winning the ball back. You've got Fernandinho, someone like... Obviously Man City don't obviously lose the ball often. So Fernandinho doesn't have to do with the work of a guy. But he needs to sort of be... I'm not saying he needs to get two tackles again, but he needs to be averaging close to two tackles again. More interceptions because he's got that brain. He can read a game. So if he can get... That's something he can improve upon. And again that's maybe something silver can work on with him in terms of positioning. And I think he will get better at that as he gets more comfortable with the pace of the Premier League as well. And another thing to suppose in terms of the interception will be fitness. Because last year he was starting that. The first time he's seen him was the end of October against Palace. And then we had that dip over Christmas like a few of them did, but he was tired obviously. He could tell. He was a member bright in a way. Yeah, he just couldn't get there. And Southampton away. He was awful because he just looked knackered. But then when he got his second wind, he came back strong. So suppose it would be the benefit of the police easily. Exactly. And that plays a part in adapting to the Premier League as well. You're not a full fitness. And it is much quicker than Spain. We do play at a higher pace. There's more people trying to tackle you up your ass every second of the game. You don't have as much time on the ball. So it is something... With that, as you say, he will get better and he will get more under... What's the word? He'll become more aware of what's going on. I think his defensive numbers will take a step up as will the man gone again. Obviously he's just excellent at it. We're not asking him to be the same as he is. That's not what we're asking of. That's not for a tiny bit of improvement. These are all metric silver. We'll be looking at where them are going through it and how can we get better? How can he improve? There's obviously a basic stat on this. There's even more advanced stativeness, which we won't really get into. But they will be looking at that and saying, this is what we want from you this season. These are the metrics that you need to improve on. I think he will be able to do that. Obviously I wouldn't expect him to be flying up the traps and scoring 10 goals. But we just need more from him in a sense. There's nothing wrong with that. We're investing in five years to be the best player you can be. I think looking at his ability, he's capable of five or six, five goals for me. Which is enough for a sense of a field. People go, they're tens, they're wingers, they get more. For me, centre of a field isn't a double pivot. You want four or five or six goals. Seems to call it really. You get around four or five or six goals. A couple of assists, that's what you want. It's all part of the contribution. He's a big unit. He's six foot one or two. He's decent in the air. He should be getting on the end of it. This one. This is just a look around your players under 26. I think they probably did a look around. Just in case the players, you've got Andrew Gomes. He fits in quite well. Obviously people have seen Benasa. He used to be the Arsenal. He's more of a sixth than a sort of player. He plays in a double pivot. This passes to the penalty area. Again, a final third. Compared to people of his peers who are similar age, he's sort of middle of the pack at the moment. He could be much better. Let's be honest. He has got the ability to be better than Jacques. He's got the ability to be better than... I don't know, he's a really great player. But he has got the ability to be up around this sort of area. I think you'll get there as a say, with the more comfortability. You look at more defensive players like LeBoc, who weren't interested in it at one time. I suppose they were. Saul, people of, you know, and I've really been nice down here in Rodgry. There are more passes. Obviously the passes into the penalty area. It's more of your attacking players. Obviously Mark Ovarati up here is fantastic. But he plays in the French league, PSG and miles better than them. So there's always context to this. I mean like Kevin Stoke, he's unfortunately did his crucial. He would have been someone I'd be out, would have liked to have him to sign. But, you know, but... Sangari as well, obviously, you know. Oh, there he is. So you can add him to the Gomez and obviously gazon on this because he's older than 26. You know, you'd have quite a nice bit of field options to be able to give different looks. But yeah, it's just when you just need to get a bit more involved in the final third. I suppose he's right in the middle of the path there. So it's not like he's down here, like a right sore man drangora, or ask him where he should be in the sense that he's more of a forward thinker in the field. But he just needs, I think, the level of ability can be fair that I had here. And again, something to look after this season as we go forward. And then this one. So this is the sort of progression. This is really big at the moment. This is for players under 26. And I think I've got one for overall as well. This is where you progress the ball from the field. So it's used more than five yards at a time through the pass or with a run. And obviously you can see that he is a good runner. You can progress the ball with the ball at his feet. In terms of progressing the 90s, he is capable. You know, we've got Junio Bakun. Junio Bakun, who's ahead of him. Fred, people, I like Fred, but people a lot of people don't. He should be here, really. Maybe be Andrew Pogba's, but my grand shacker was so good at progressing the ball last season. Probably the two strikers he's got for being, you know, they've got good players in front of the Nevers. He should be, you know, progressing the ball more. And I think he has got the ability to do so. So the more we can progress the ball, obviously the further up the pitch we get, you know, when you're picking up in the centre of the park and he's progressing it past the lines, that's, again, what we need from him. That's his job in the field. Gay obviously is there to break up the ball, carry the ball forward at times because he can be a box-to-box, but Gomez is there to link the attack in the field, the defence. That's his job, yeah. He's got to get in and run the penalty area as well. For me, there's too many times when he's... He sort of hangs back. Yeah, and the ball comes out of the edge of the box. There's no one then. You think the V's running on to that the way he can shoot. The pace and the dribble. And he goes past three players in the score. He's got so much ability. And there's no criticism of, you know, obviously these stats are showing these sorts of in the centre middle of the park. You know, Harry Winks is a good player, but Andrew Gomez is capable of being a much better progressive passer. And Harry Winks is progressing the ball more. He's actually running deeper, which is another thing. You see that people who generally run from deeper, obviously they've got more space to run to. So I up there. Tom Davis, yeah. Tom Davis isn't too bad, you know. He's got, you know. That's two, you know. That's one a game, yeah. I mean, that's limited minutes as well, because this is something for the game. So, you know. We haven't got players who are capable of doing it. We just need to see a bit more of it. A bit more. OK. And, you know, this kind of says it all, don't it? We're the best in some five years. I think him and Gae will be a good midfield. And obviously, you know, Gae's got 29. You know, we're 30 next year. We'll obviously look eventually to sort of beyond Gae, but I think we've got like sort of a pace and we can put in the team now for the next five years. And then we can look at other positions rather than worry after worry about this. As long as he plays up to his ability, of course, would you think he will? I think Marko Silver will get him there. Yeah, I mean, it's because of what he did last year. It was important, often people last year, and it was important for Everton to keep him, obviously. You've had West Ham sniffing around them, Spears sniffing around them, and a couple of other names were mentioned. But I think Marko Silver and Marcel Brans knew what, you know, once they seen his level. Yeah. Could he do it? What was he like within the team? It was important for Evertonians as well to get him back. I think so, yes. The confidence, I think Evertonians think, if we'd lost them to say West Ham, I know it wasn't going to happen, but if we lost them to, I think people would have been there. Even if you'd brought in a world-class midfielder, you know, a repeatable, people would still have lost a player to West Ham. I think it was important for Evertonians to get the team back as it was last year and to build upon that. And that's what we've done. You know, he's a good player. No doubt about it. I know people, I've got my reservations about him. I'd say at a point, he's got all the ability in the world. It's just if he can not play within himself sort of express himself more, which I think he will, do you mark yourself or gam there? I think just looking at the numbers, you've just shown there, you had an occasion. You had a DCC. This improvements to be made. There's players there who've been in the Premiership three, four years. We're ahead of them. I'd see what he does this season. I suppose he was on loan last season, as you say, no pre-season, getting used to a new system, new team. I think the comfortability, I think obviously if he stays fit, I think we'll see a good season from him. Big thanks. Big thanks to Andy there for all of that data. Let us know what you think about Andre Gomes. Do you think he's got the ability to improve even further? He had a decent debut season for Everton last season. He's here permanently now. Can we get more out of my personally? Think assist wise and goal wise, he could be getting five and six on both. He's got that much ability. Let me know what you think in the comments section below. See you later.