Lyndon Gooch


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Gooch is a bit long in the tooth for the amount of poor decisions he makes. He seems to be making better bad decisions this season so fair play to the coaching staff.

I find it frustrating because he's got a bit of strength, a bit of pace and a bit of skill. The fact he's not knocking League One out of the park is testament to what's been wrong at the club rather than the boy himself.
 
Tbh, if he was any good at the things we're saying he's shit at, he would have moved from this dog turd ridden league a long time ago.
 
Man of the match against Wigan and should have had an assist last night, so I make that two contributions in three games but I he's dreadful especially when you compare him to all of Wigan and Ipswichs class signings...oh wait.
 
Hello tonight was really encouraging and in my opinion our style is night and day from last season, so overall not too deflated at all. One thing I’m going to bring up negatively is Gooch, when is he ever going to learn to pick the right pass? in your opinion, at what stage does it become too much and he gets dropped.

i know the counter argument is going to be that he provided the ball for the offside goal but his conversion rate on crosses given he gets himself in the positions is horrific.

is Pritchard worth a start on Saturday?
I agree , he’s a firm favourite and does some good stuff but final delivery is sometimes poor.
 
It’s a dilemma.

He works hard and demands the ball over and over again, the problem with that is in a game where it’s not working out for him it has a huge impact on us because he’s seeing so much of the ball.

There was an incident last night where we were in a good position on the edge of the box and he had his head down and tried to shift it and shoot through 3 of their players, it was easily blocked, they nearly broke away but our midfielders won it back and his arms were already out asking for the ball again to have another go just seconds after his first fuck up.

McGeady had a quiet game but he was in similar positions several times when the shot wasn’t on and at least he’s got his head up and realises it and moves the ball on.

Gooch needs to be more aware of the opposition, he plays as if he’s playing against the training ground dummies.
 
Gooch has no idea when to release the ball.
That is the problem that’s hampered him his whole career. There was a period during Ross that he cut out being a head down merchant and he improved. It’s almost like it can’t be coached out of the lad. He’s frustrating when attacking but unlike a lot of wingers his defensive work is very good as is his work rate. Didn’t exactly shine last night, kept going and almost created an equaliser. Lad seems to becoming a scapegoat. For me McGeady was worse last night.
 
Gooch is probably the most frustrating player to watch at the club.

He’s obviously got the ability to be a stand out player at this level but for some reason finds it impossible to achieve any sort of consistency,

He’s been in and around the first team squad for what 5 years now (I remember Moyes playing him at Man City away in the first game in the premier league 2016) - and every season, time after time people are exasperated with his decision making.
Five years later and the pattern remains - which is why I suspect he’s still at this level.
 
Hello tonight was really encouraging and in my opinion our style is night and day from last season, so overall not too deflated at all. One thing I’m going to bring up negatively is Gooch, when is he ever going to learn to pick the right pass? in your opinion, at what stage does it become too much and he gets dropped.

i know the counter argument is going to be that he provided the ball for the offside goal but his conversion rate on crosses given he gets himself in the positions is horrific.

is Pritchard worth a start on Saturday?
His powerful driving runs put them on the back foot first half and some of the second mind. They were hating playing against him. Just needs to make that last bit more productive. I think people take for granted what he brings to the team.
 
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