I think you get your chances in the first half of the season with Pep as he has eased those players who have played a lot of football back into the team post season. When it gets to the business end he sticks to a smaller pool of trusted players in the competitions we are still in with a shout of winning which is usually all of them. If the league is won a few more get run outs. Gomez and Phillips need to hit the start of the season up and running if they are still here.Pep rotated a lot last 1/2 thirds of last season he went so many games without repeating the same 11 once. He even tells how he needs to be constantly rotating players in big teams like CIty to manage egos.
Gomez needs to play in a midfield role to get the best out of him and may play a useful role as cover which he may accept if he got a reasonable number of minutes but can't see him ever being close to a first choice. Same with Phillips - potentially looked a good squad player but no where near first choice.