Farlz Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 He was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Still no runners to help out his one footedness but he does a great job finding us space to move forward. I'd love to see him more advanced with a chance to shoot, but for now he needs to link up play because nobody else in midfield has his ball carrying in the final third. Edited February 6, 2016 by itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Think it is easy to overlook sometimes just how calm he is on the ball and a the centre of nearly everything we do which is positive. Thought he was excellent today and my motm with Gabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay.P.A Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Just watched his interview on AVTV - He can speak very good English now which is great. Seems like such a decent lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 better performance today but we need see it more consistently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Yep my MOTM today too, there wasn't much class out there today, the little there was came from Gil. His energy was excellent too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted February 6, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2016 He wasnt great today for me. Lively in the first half but produced little of note. However he is still our single most important attacker. Even on his poorer day he still stands out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 You can sense his love for the club . I got nothing but love for the little man . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 He's a great asset for the club.....Gabby should have played him in for a tap in too (the first time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw_nuff Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 4 hours ago, Zatman said: better performance today but we need see it more consistently Those teeth are well and truly gritted. He's consistently better than any of the other shit we possess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 he played further forward.. almost looked like he was upfront. On one occasion he taps Gabby on the shoulder and told him to go run at the defender. Was great to see him more settled in the side now. His English I guess has integrated him more in the side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted February 7, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7, 2016 The whole attack was built around him yesterday, as it should be. Hes never going to win much in midfield so should never be back there for me. As I said I dont think he had a good game yesterday considering how good he can be. But it i great to see him so involved now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted February 7, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7, 2016 Remember when Sherwood (possibly through the mouthpiece of Uncle Fester) said Gil was a luxury player not suited to a relegation scrap... Yesterday proved to me how effectual a player like Gil can be when he's 'on', even against a scrapping lower division side. If we can keep players like him this summer, then hopefully we can come straight back up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Ran his socks off and did well. Still tries to beat one man too many at times, but is getting better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay.P.A Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Also got the assist for Lescott's goal, with a fantastic delivery in to the box 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 He was also third in most distance covered. Can't question his attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 7, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7, 2016 He's the only player we have who has anywhere close to good movement. Any time we have the ball in midfield or defence, Gil is always moving and looking for it. No, his final ball isn't always there (although I'd argue with better options ahead of him it would be) but he wants the ball all the time and tries to make things happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taktical Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 In recent games he has looked very lightweight. But far better yesterday, much stronger and held the ball up well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 He is always going to get muscled off the ball sometimes, but more than makes up for it by making things happen and always showing for the ball. Very comfortable on the ball, and we do not have enough of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 13 hours ago, Shaw_nuff said: Those teeth are well and truly gritted. He's consistently better than any of the other shit we possess. I think that's part of the problem. Looking back we had attacking quality and players who could beat a man like Gil does. Similarly to Gil most good players we had couldn't consistently beat the second and third man and if they could, they eventually left our club. 5-10 years ago we'd be look at Gil and say, he's a great young talent, now we look and say, he's one of our best players. Adjusting to our new level has been tough for many Villa fans and I don't think they understand what extra he has to do to be a consistent attacking threat. For me the fact he recognises that he MUST put himself in positions where he'll lose the ball shows he's understands how to improve us. Consistent execution comes with practice and space, yet with such little movement around him he doesn't really get a chance of either. At times against Norwich he was double marked, yet other players still found little to no space. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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