rodders0223 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Carroll's all round game is top notch, very underated and a much more accomplished and intelligent footballer than people give him credit for. As for Gestede's acceleration and agility, any improvements would be marginal. He is a big, lumbering sack of shit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ermie123 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 That may insulting to big lumbering sacks of poo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 For me , he could be our key player next season.Never got the service he requires, but looks our only goal threat, and has a good goalscoring record in the Championship.Hes better than Kozak, and we need to get some players in who complement him.Wells and Gayle would be ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Don't know it took so long for him to be brought on yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 our best player yesterday, its not hard to notice he causes chaos coming off the bench. Would have caused nightmares for Blind if had another 10 minutes on the pitch has won the 2nd most aerial duals in the league this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) We are now a Championship club, Gestede can score goals in this league when utilised correctly. Get some crosses in to the box and he'll thrive. Edited April 17, 2016 by Supervillan78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Blind did well but he really should have scored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 11 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Blind did well but he really should have scored I agree. But while he should have scored that chance, he should have had more than 8 minutes on the pitch to score chances in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 If we are going to come up.. he will play a massive part. We need to buy some players who can cross a ball and supply him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 If gestede plays a massive part then we won't be coming up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I think Kozak is better than Gestede - reckon Libor should be our main man up front next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) 22 hours ago, Zatman said: our best player yesterday, its not hard to notice he causes chaos coming off the bench. Would have caused nightmares for Blind if had another 10 minutes on the pitch has won the 2nd most aerial duals in the league this season Doesn't matter when 9 out of 10 of those headers are laughably bad and usually in areas that don't hurt opposition. I find it funny he always wins the 'easy' ones where he backs into a striker but he isn't willing to throw himself at a header like Andy Carroll does. He is weak and he is a wimp. I hope to God 10 minute cameos is all he gets next season. Edited April 18, 2016 by rodders0223 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Great option off the bench for us in the championship. However, as with every position on the field, we are desperate for strengthening in the forward line (Delete and replace with any of the following as appropriate: Goalkeeping, Defence, Midfield) so we have a main striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 1 hour ago, rodders0223 said: Doesn't matter when 9 out of 10 of those headers are laughably bad and usually in areas that don't hurt opposition. I find it funny he always wins the 'easy' ones where he backs into a striker but he isn't willing to throw himself at a header like Andy Carroll does. He is weak and he is a wimp. I hope to God 10 minute cameos is all he gets next season. It's our absolute lack of crossing that kills Gestede's heading ability - not his heading ability. I was going to mention his header against Liverpool but someone beat me to it. If you have someone providing balls for Gestede to attack, he's really very good. If you stand a ball up in the air, he's not as great. To sign him as a focal point attacker but have no-one willing/able to give him decent service has been a big part in our terrible season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 to sign a striker so one dimensional has been a big part in our terrible season... if we play it long he cant chase it, if we put it up high to him he cant bring it down or flick it on, if we play it in to feet he cant control it, he cant hold the ball up and bring other in to play, he cant press high up the pitch, he cant track back, he cant move between the lines, he cant drop deep and influence the game BUT IF WE CROSS THE BALL HE WILL SCORE (apart from when we have crossed the ball and he hasnt...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: to sign a striker so one dimensional has been a big part in our terrible season... if we play it long he cant chase it, if we put it up high to him he cant bring it down or flick it on, if we play it in to feet he cant control it, he cant hold the ball up and bring other in to play, he cant press high up the pitch, he cant track back, he cant move between the lines, he cant drop deep and influence the game BUT IF WE CROSS THE BALL HE WILL SCORE (apart from when we have crossed the ball and he hasnt...) Apart from the fact that when we put it up high to him, he tends to win the ball... yes, exactly. It's almost like having a plan to utilise our strikers might have worked or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 he would have been ok alongside another central striker, something all season we haven't had except a barely fit Kozak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 35 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: he would have been ok alongside another central striker, something all season we haven't had except a barely fit Kozak Maybe if that other striker was Aguero or Lewondowski. Am I right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 In fairnes as much as he's been horrible to watch, Gestede has had some decent games off the bench. Caused havoc on Saturday, played well when he came on v Leicester and I remember he played well when he came on v Newcastle over xmas. That's the problem, he's starting too many games this season for his ability, due to our woeful recruitment policy which means he effectively replaced Benteke. Think back to August and Adebayor was signing on the same day as him. I know Adebayor is a fruitcake but he's had some decent games with Palace (great run for the goal yesterday) and Sherwood already got great form out of him for Spurs. So it would've been logical for Adebayor to be first choice while Gestede was an impact sub and adapted to the prem that way and also coming in for the odd start. Think we'd have seen a better player that way rather than someone who's looked out of his depth starting too many games. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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