DCJonah Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 He should definitely be playing ahead of N'Zogbia, but there we are. Nzogbia was excellent yesterday so he really shouldn't. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Gil's benefitting from Nigel Reo-Coker syndrome, IMO. He becomes a better and better player the longer he doesn't play. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 He should definitely be playing ahead of N'Zogbia, but there we are. Nzogbia was excellent yesterday so he really shouldn't. He wasn't though. Running into players, giving the ball away, it was standard N'Zogbia fare. He's certainly our weakest link at the moment. Maybe Gil couldn't play as a second striker, which was essentially Zogs role, but I've seen enough of him to say he's a better player. Not really fussed as we're playing excellently at present, just hope we keep hold of him in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_bouma Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Gil's benefitting from Nigel Reo-Coker syndrome, IMO. He becomes a better and better player the longer he doesn't play. Nobody is saying he's a world beater. This is such a standard response that a lot of people churn out when it really isn't true. I'm not saying GIL should be starting. However let's not kid ourselves that he has scored our goal of the season, has performed pieces of skill that nobody else has equalled and looked (apart from one game) every bit the creative flair player that we so desperately needed. He deserves a look in. No question. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 To be fair I really want Gil in the squad, but 'winning football matches' is even keeping Sinclair out and we have seen quality from him too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamsonwoodVillan Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 He should definitely be playing ahead of N'Zogbia, but there we are. Nzogbia was excellent yesterday so he really shouldn't. He wasn't though. Running into players, giving the ball away, it was standard N'Zogbia fare. He's certainly our weakest link at the moment. Maybe Gil couldn't play as a second striker, which was essentially Zogs role, but I've seen enough of him to say he's a better player. Not really fussed as we're playing excellently at present, just hope we keep hold of him in the summer. Surprised by the comments here. I thought Everton really struggled against N'Zogbia. He held it close to him well and was a good outlet when we put it forward from our own half. One of Zog's better performances for me. As long as we play a diamond I think he and Grealish work quite well together. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 He should definitely be playing ahead of N'Zogbia, but there we are. Nzogbia was excellent yesterday so he really shouldn't. He wasn't though. Running into players, giving the ball away, it was standard N'Zogbia fare. He's certainly our weakest link at the moment. Maybe Gil couldn't play as a second striker, which was essentially Zogs role, but I've seen enough of him to say he's a better player. Not really fussed as we're playing excellently at present, just hope we keep hold of him in the summer. His pass percentage was better than delph, would you say he gave the ball away? The ovation he got when subbed suggests a lot didn't share your view yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Sherwood dosen't rate Weimann either so I can see him being out of the 18 when Gabby is fit again. For the next game against West Ham I'd like to see a bench of: Gabby, Sinclair, Gil, Sanchez, Senderos, Hutton. Well balanced, two strikers, one creative midfielder, one central midfielder and two defenders. Joe Cole's earnt enough from his pay as you play appearences to have a few weeks out of the 18 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Gil's benefitting from Nigel Reo-Coker syndrome, IMO. He becomes a better and better player the longer he doesn't play. Yes but the problem with your theory is that NRC was actually not very good. Gil has played several times this season and has shown that he is more than good enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) He should definitely be playing ahead of N'Zogbia, but there we are. Nzogbia was excellent yesterday so he really shouldn't. N'Zogbia made a decent contribution and certainly deserves to keep his place - crucial movement for the third goal that created the space for Cleverley to run into. As for Gil - maybe deserves a place on the bench but no big loss while the team performs well like at the moment. Edited May 3, 2015 by Brumstopdogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Less than 24 hours this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Less than 24 hours this time. Can you not at least see why some people might want him on the bench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I can see why but the way I look at it is a new manager comes in and fancies some and doesn't fancy others. Can't really argue when the results are slowly but surely coming and the performances are this good. It's a case of trusting Sherwood now I guess and so far he has done well. Shame as he looked promising. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 The way Zog and Jack have been playing of late is better than Gil did against PL opposition so I can see why he's not making the change. Sinclair would probably be next in line as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Less than 24 hours this time. Can you not at least see why some people might want him on the bench? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I'm happy for grealish and nzog to be starting and even though I'm a big fan of Gil, I'd rather see gabby and Sinclair in before him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 He should definitely be playing ahead of N'Zogbia, but there we are. No he shouldn't. N Zogbia played really well yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I can see why but the way I look at it is a new manager comes in and fancies some and doesn't fancy others. Can't really argue when the results are slowly but surely coming and the performances are this good. It's a case of trusting Sherwood now I guess and so far he has done well. Shame as he looked promising. I still don't think it's great man management, even if he feels Gil will struggle with the pace (from what I've seen I don't agree with it) it can't be helping him settle in the area to not get a sniff of playing time. I bet Gil can't believe he gave up a squad place in Valencia for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Well boo hoo for Gil. Sherwood is getting the most out of this squad and doesn't need Gil at the moment. His man management has been excellent on the squad and he doesn't have to focus on an individual who currently wouldn't make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WooJung Posted May 3, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2015 It might be the case that Gil is a total pr***, but we have no evidence of that so far so we can't really judge. Here is a clip of him in his appearences against L'pool, Arsenal and Chelsea It makes you wonder how a player that has shown such potential against top sides isn't getting any game time. I'm not having a go at Sherwood, he has been fantastic so far and the results so far have proved him right, but his management of Gil is puzzling at the very least. I would be very interested to see how he combines with Benteke and Grealish. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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