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Gomes: I refused to play for Spurs after Harry Redknapp dropped me for Brad Friedel

Neon_Knight_

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I’m sure he was and so is Brad.

brad was a steady safe pair of hands, I think a calm solid goalie Is better than the practice spectacula.

didn’t Carlo replace him first?
Cudicini played the last 3-4 PL games of the 2010-11 season, but I'm unsure whether Gomes was dropped or injured (I presume injured).
Friedel was signed that summer and was straight in as no.1. Neither of Cudicini or Gomes played a single minute of PL football that season, but Cudicini was on the bench ahead of Gomes after the first game of the season. Presumably this was due to Gomes falling out with Redknapp, rather than because Cudicini had convinced Redknapp that he was the better keeper.
 

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Cudicini played the last 3-4 PL games of the 2010-11 season, but I'm unsure whether Gomes was dropped or injured (I presume injured).
Friedel was signed that summer and was straight in as no.1. Neither of Cudicini or Gomes played a single minute of PL football that season, but Cudicini was on the bench ahead of Gomes after the first game of the season. Presumably this was due to Gomes falling out with Redknapp, rather than because Cudicini had convinced Redknapp that he was the better keeper.

Calo looked a lot calmer Gomez always looked to frantic
 

Neon_Knight_

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Calo looked a lot calmer Gomez always looked to frantic
Yet Cudicini spent most of his time with us sat on the bench watching Gomes play. Irrespective of who looked calmer, I stand by my comment that I presume Gomes was left out of matchday squads due to having fallen out with the manager, rather than because the manager rated Cudicini more highly. Otherwise, Cudicini would surely have been playing ahead of him during the previous season, before Friedel arrived.
 

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Yet Cudicini spent most of his time with us sat on the bench watching Gomes play. Irrespective of who looked calmer, I stand by my comment that I presume Gomes was left out of matchday squads due to having fallen out with the manager, rather than because the manager rated Cudicini more highly. Otherwise, Cudicini would surely have been playing ahead of him during the previous season, before Friedel arrived.

I think rednapp replaced him for Carlo before Brad signed as he Gomes was so erratic
 
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