The Keen & Judah Show: Which position do we expect to see Rodrigo Gomes in next season at Wolves?

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Nathan Judah and Liam Keen return to your televisions. This week they're looking at six Wolves players - old and new! - and asking what targets they should each have for their 2025/26.

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00:00Rodrigo Gomez, 25 appearances in his first season.

00:03I think we all would have been very happy with that

00:05when we first saw him in a shirt in pre-season.

00:07Very, very exciting.

00:10But out of those 25 appearances, plenty of those were one minute,

00:13two minutes, three minutes here and there.

00:14Only seven starts, seven Premier League starts

00:16in those 25 appearances, Liam.

00:19Two goals to show for it.

00:21And someone, like I say, I think we've discussed it before

00:23on the Wolves' body, not disappointed so much

00:27with his introduction because I think

00:29obviously this was a damaged side for the first half

00:32of the season as well.

00:32And sometimes if you're a youngster, you're trying to adapt

00:35to a new way of life and get caught up in it a little bit.

00:38So the fact that he wasn't, he was maybe put aside for that.

00:40He's not been hurt by that.

00:42And I think you've still got that enthusiasm.

00:44You've got someone who's trying to find a role on this side

00:46who's very versatile, played on the right, played at left,

00:50played defensively, played offensively as well,

00:52higher up the pitch.

00:53In terms of Rodrigo Gomez going forward,

00:56is it very much just a straight battle between him

00:58and someone else we're going to talk about in Hugo Buena?

01:01Or do you see his role as becoming a little bit more consistent

01:04in a different area of the pitch?

01:07Yeah, the fact that he can play on the right and the left,

01:09I think definitely helps him in many ways equally.

01:12It may go against him because he's not necessarily

01:15going to nail down a position in the team.

01:17I don't see Rodrigo Gomez being an out-and-out starter

01:20every week next season.

01:23But I do think he's got the quality to impact it from the bench,

01:28to come in on occasions when needed, like midweek games, cup games,

01:33and still have a really important role as a squad player in this team.

01:37And that's not because he isn't talented enough to start.

01:39I think it's that he needs time to adapt still.

01:42He's had a good first season,

01:43but you look at the numbers he was able to put up

01:46and three goals, two of them in the Premier League,

01:48and the really damning one, zero assists.

01:51That's the thing he has to impact and change

01:53because if you're going to play wing-back in progress system,

01:56you're essentially a winger

01:57and you need to have better numbers going forward.

02:00Nelson Samedo has not had great numbers.

02:02That's a criticism we've put to him.

02:05I think you have to be relatively similar

02:06in that criticism for Rodrigo Gomez.

02:08But he's a player that's full of enthusiasm.

02:11I think he's got good quality

02:12and I think he will do well for Wolves next season.

02:16But he has to start to challenge more seriously for a start.

02:19We always knew that he was going to be someone

02:21that took a little bit of time

02:22and challenging more seriously to push that starting position

02:25would be the right step for him to take.

02:28But he's got a few more steps, I think,

02:29to take before he probably gets there.

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