No, Klose does not and no, not a lot of players can score like Gomez. Klose for example can not! To put it simply. Klose is a good striker for the NT, who is quite reliable. With Gomez, when playing with confidence, we have an upgrade to Klose in every way, besides some little short passing. To let Klose in the first XI is a bit like like letting Mertesacker in the team, instead of Hummels.
I had Klose ahead of Gomez before the recent double header; I still do, though the gap is slightly closer now. Gomez did impress me with his finishing and the great pass he made to set up Schürrle, but while Germany were on the defensive he was somewhat anonymous - whereas Klose would have been in the mix. Then there were the misses - two against Belgium and at least one against Turkey. Not absolute sitters, but chances you'd expect a top-level striker to put away. A previous poster did say that Gomez finds himself having more goal-scoring chances than Klose - I think there is a point to be had there, but he still needs to do that little bit more to get secure a place in the starting XI. Here's my review of the match btw - comments welcome. http://www.schwarzundweiss.co.uk/a-perfect-ten-job-done
Klose has 9 goals in qualifying, Gomez has 6. I think we know who has the better strike rate too. nekkibasara brought the stat up when we were talking about villa and Klose had another very productive year last year. Klose has 62 goals for Germany at a better strike rate than Gomez's 15-20 goals. So Gomez is a better all-round player than Klose (except for short passing)?
I give Klose also an advantage in his first touch and keeping the ball, still when it comes to beat a defender I rate Gomez way higher. P.S.: I made a poll: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1833719
Well why do you think it fits? Well, fore one, can you really say Mertesacker's achievements with the NT are at the same level as Mertesacker? Second, Mertesacker's performances and form have trailed off in the last 2-3 years by quite a bit whereas Klose continues to perform at a very high level for the NT and is doing really well in Italy. Don't really get it to be honest.
Gomez might be better at beating a defender TO the ball*, but not with the ball** *When he gets played through on goal with lots of space. But remember Klose beating Big Bad Terry in south africa. **At this point he is more likely to fall over.
Well I didn´t say it fits perfectly, exactly because Klose had and still has a more positive influence on the German team. I think it´s still somewhat fitting, simply because Gomez and Hummels both mean an upgrade to our first eleven in my opinion, even though Hummels instead of Merte is a greater and even better one than Gomez for Klose.
Yea sorry, I meant Klose there. I think the disparity between Hummels and Mertesacker is A LOT more sizable than any that might exist between Klose and Gomez. When Hummels plays you can see the effect in a match whereas there really is none between Gomez and Klose. Gomez has recently picked u his scoring for the NT and is doing so very well but I don't really see what he has over Klose in the greater picture of the NT.
@Squid: I answer to your post in the "Klose vs Gomez poll" thread, to keep that discussion separate from the Belgium match.
First goal. Wasn't it Terry he beat to the long ball Just checked and terry was out of position, so upson it was. Either way, Klose can do it too.
Of course when you don´t agree to me that Gomez is better than Klose than it doesn´t fit. Otherwise it does! @Squid: Terry is a slow CB. Him being English and playing in the World Cup makes it even worse than usual and makes him the slowest central defender outside of American Samoa.
Yeah I do. There's more players out there as klose has faced a variety of overseas teams. Till gomez dominates hummels...