I don't know about Eric, but I certainly have revised my opinion on this Opening.

So much so in fact that I think a name change is in order. 'Barely Decent Gambit' seems to have a certain ring to it.

Surely we can all agree on this one.

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1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.d5 Nce7 6.Ng3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.f3 exf3 9.gxf3 Bh3 10.Bg5 and here it seems to me that 10...c6 might well have been considered, challenging the center and daring White's g5 bishop to do its worst.  For example,  11. Bxf6 (11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Nd5 Be7 appears to justify 10...c6 even more.) 11...gxf6 and now:

(1) 12. Nge4 Nf5  13. dxc6 bxc6  14. Qxd8 Rxd8  15. Nxf6+ Ke7 is happy for Black, with his two bishops.

(2) 12. Nh5 Bh6 (12...Nf5  13. Qd3 and 12...Ng6  13. Qd2 are OK for White, I think)  13. Nxf6+ Kf8 and Black again appears pretty good, with his two bishops.  White has to watch out for ...Qh4+ in some lines.

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I´m sorry for this but actually, it wasn´t possible because I didn´t know what to play after 22..exf4. I wanted to check my analysis first (I had pre-prepared e5!?)
 
1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.d5 Nce7 6.Ng3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.f3 exf3 9.gxf3 Bh3 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Qe2 a6 12.0-0-0 Ng6 13.Kb1 h6 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qd7 16.Be3 Bf5 17.h4 Bxe4 18.fxe4 h5 19.Qf2 Bd6 20.Rhg1 Rh7 21.Bg5 Nf4 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.e5 Bxe5 24.Bd3 Rh6 25.Qe2

White is sacrifing yet another pawn to open lines. Opposed coloured bishops are here but still, white hopes in some initiative because of rather inactive black rooks. After f6 now, look at rook on h6, it will became very passive and moreover, black king is going to be trapped in the middle of the board. These factors speak for white. Maybe, at the end, a result of this game might be a draw, but I want to point out once again, that draw is a very normal result in chess. BDG has been considered unsound, leading to black´s advantage (based on a well-known anti-gambit philosophy: trade pieces, go as quickly as possible for an endgame, and here, with a pawn more, win). Things are not so easy. BDG proves to be viable and playable opening (in all three games), giving white good compensation for a pawn, lively piece play with a lot of attacking possibilities. 

  As for this game, black has needed to play very accurately to not lose in a miniature. I think, the position we are playing is much more easier to play for white in over-the-board game than for black. And this is an important factor for white players who play BDG. I´m also a Morra Gambit player and I know this opening is very difficult to play OTB for white because you need to be extremely good tactician or to know theory well (and especially to be very familiar with the most frequent motives). In my opinion, it is easier to play black side in Morra than in BDG. Well, enough words.

22.Bxf4

  Yes, you may be right. I briefly analysed one of your suggestion (6...f5 7.Bc4 a6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Nh5 is given with initiative, but simply 9...Ng6 10.Bg5 Qd6 -/+) and I didn´t find any move for white. 
  But right now I don´t want to spend my time to analyse this 6..f5 line, but thanks for your suggestions, they seems to be valuable. I personally played against this line just once some year or two ago, winning a corresp. game, but of course, the line is quite complicated. Maybe white should play something like a4 to prevent b5 etc., white play needs to be well planned in before hand, the most accurate move are needed to exploit possibly unfortunate position of black´s king. 
  Still, pawn mass seems to be impressive and for me black´s position looks quite playable. But as you noticed, sometimes white can win by some very nice moves like Ncxe4! knight sacrifice as in one of the lines. I think Junior 8 will be good in such types of position.

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Both lines you´re asking about are dealt with here http://www.mujweb.cz/www/rajmunde/horizon.htm

9..Bd7 line just with one short line:
7...Bg4 8.f3 exf3 9.gxf3 Bd7 10.Bg5 Ng6 11.Nh5 Be7 12.Nxg7+ Kf8 13.Bh6 Kg8 14.Qd2 Bh3 15.Bf1 Qd7 16.0-0-0 Bxf1 17.Rdxf1 Bf8 18.h4+/-

Probably some improvements for white is possible here and there are some other alternatives for black as well but I think 9..Bh3 is better and more difficult to prove an advantage.

1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.d5 Nce7 6.Ng3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.f3 exf3 9.gxf3 Bh3 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Qe2 a6 12.0-0-0 Ng6 13.Kb1 h6 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qd7 16.Be3 Bf5 17.h4 Bxe4 18.fxe4 h5 19.Qf2 Bd6 20.Rhg1 Rh7 21.Bg5

Rh7!? is a cunning move but anyway, white is better already, yet, no quick crush, as I prophesied at the beginning of the match. There is the only reason for this: black has been defending very well. 
Still, Rh7 is a cunning move but on the other hand I have feeling that it might be misplaced a bit in the future position. 

I hope to write here soon: black has been defending very well yet has been defeated as well