Really? I remember being exacerbated when he had the ball, but was never really worried about his defending. Did well in the treble season too.
Gomez just seems very very thick on occasion.
The Treble season was his best at fullback (IMO he was better that season at LB than he ever was over on the right) but he'd been little more than a plodder before that TBF. At CB he was even worse, a total loss who got shifted back out wide. It was playing alongside Sami that was the making of him IMO.