Arj Guy Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) He is clearly a championship player. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to replace a £32 million striker with a £6 million one season wonder from the fizzy pop league needs to be shot.Benteke started out a 9 million pound striker remember, an to be fair he did frack all to start with, until we played to his strengths.Don't compare Rudy Gestede to Christian Benteke ever againbefore his injury Gestede had more goals than Bentekeive seen a lot worse premier league strikers than Rudyme too, but signing him to replace a £32 million striker is sheer madness Edited October 18, 2015 by Arj Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I thought he was poor, agree that if we play him we have to try and get it wide and cross for him, his chance was at the other end to us but it looked like he should have scored, his movement is shocking, he offers nothing, when we've got grealish and Gil running from deep with the ball there's no option from him, no run in behind their line to slip a clever ball in, he's a statue, that dart across the box for his chance was the only decent bit of movement I saw from him all dayHow many times? He is not this type of player and never will be. Put the ball on his head and he will score. If Timmy played wingers and coached them into supplying Gestede, I would personally guarantee he would score 10-15+ this season. he is not doing to bad already with linited supply. Im not saying use him as our only chance of goals, but when he is in postion (which he is many times) get the ball on his edd!Playing Hutton as the creator on the right wing is not helping, he cannot cross a ball high for shit.So what you're saying is that he can head a ball but **** all else? Unless the cross is good enough then his movement is so poor that he won't win the ball, so the problem is with the quality of the balls in?He's not good enough, Kozak is a better player who offers more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Saying on talk sport (who hate us remember), Sherwood kept us in the League last season playing to benteke's strengths. maybe he should try the same with Gestede! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Saying on talk sport (who hate us remember), Sherwood kept us in the League last season playing to benteke's strengths. maybe he should try the same with Gestede!He is apparently…I think…..badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 He is clearly a championship player. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to replace a £32 million striker with a £6 million one season wonder from the fizzy pop league needs to be shot.Benteke started out a 9 million pound striker remember, an to be fair he did frack all to start with, until we played to his strengths.Don't compare Rudy Gestede to Christian Benteke ever againbefore his injury Gestede had more goals than Bentekeive seen a lot worse premier league strikers than Rudyme too, but signing him to replace a £32 million striker is sheer madness Sherwood was certain he was going to get Adebayor. I think Gestede was always envisioned for little more than a battering ram to be brought on at 70 mins when we were 'getting it into the mixer'. And other various cliches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arj Guy Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 He is clearly a championship player. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to replace a £32 million striker with a £6 million one season wonder from the fizzy pop league needs to be shot.Benteke started out a 9 million pound striker remember, an to be fair he did frack all to start with, until we played to his strengths.Don't compare Rudy Gestede to Christian Benteke ever againbefore his injury Gestede had more goals than Bentekeive seen a lot worse premier league strikers than Rudyme too, but signing him to replace a £32 million striker is sheer madness Sherwood was certain he was going to get Adebayor. I think Gestede was always envisioned for little more than a battering ram to be brought on at 70 mins when we were 'getting it into the mixer'. And other various cliches. Well the club should've had a back plan then. Plenty of other strikers out there but we didn't even attempt to get one on deadline day. No reason why we couldn't have signed someone like Rondon, Austin or that Norwich striker Mbkani. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I agree with you, totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Then, we need a new manager now, an Austin in January should see us good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I don't profess to be a tactics genius on football matters, but surely if there is a great header of the ball up front it would make sense to cross it to him. Or am i wrong?Sadly I'm just a fellow non-genius, but I think you could almost argue that if you have someone whose trick is to be 6 ft 7 and good at headers then having him on the pitch without kicking the ball to him at head height even one single time over 90 minutes is a bit weak. Whatever you think of Gestede, he can head a ball and is six foot seven. That is a serious goal threat right there if you use it properly, surely Shirley? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SikhInTrinity Posted October 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2015 If a striker doesn't move, then Gil and Grealish can't do much. Honestly I'd try Ayew up top on his own and leave Gestede out. For me he is a big problem for our attacking play, we played our best football against Leicester in that first half, because we had Sinclair and even Gabby moving off the ball for Gil and Grealish to pick out, with Gestede we are fairly limited as he has next to no mobility to move defenders. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Saying on talk sport (who hate us remember), Sherwood kept us in the League last season playing to benteke's strengths. maybe he should try the same with Gestede!Problem is that Gestede doesn't have 'strengths', he has only one, which is heading, which isn't going to be enough. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 If a striker doesn't move, then Gil and Grealish can't do much. Honestly I'd try Ayew up top on his own and leave Gestede out. For me he is a big problem for our attacking play, we played our best football against Leicester in that first half, because we had Sinclair and even Gabby moving off the ball for Gil and Grealish to pick out, with Gestede we are fairly limited as he has next to no mobility to move defenders. This couldn't be any more spot on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 If a striker doesn't move, then Gil and Grealish can't do much. Honestly I'd try Ayew up top on his own and leave Gestede out. For me he is a big problem for our attacking play, we played our best football against Leicester in that first half, because we had Sinclair and even Gabby moving off the ball for Gil and Grealish to pick out, with Gestede we are fairly limited as he has next to no mobility to move defenders. I think you are right. He is so slow to get forward that it effects our play. I think Rudy would be effective in a 4-4-2 with another striker. On his own I think he is pretty hopeless at this level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfctom89 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 If a striker doesn't move, then Gil and Grealish can't do much. Honestly I'd try Ayew up top on his own and leave Gestede out. For me he is a big problem for our attacking play, we played our best football against Leicester in that first half, because we had Sinclair and even Gabby moving off the ball for Gil and Grealish to pick out, with Gestede we are fairly limited as he has next to no mobility to move defenders. This couldn't be any more spot on.are you free to work every weekend between now and may ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I also think Sherwood will continue to play Gestede, as that is his signing, he's one who encouraged it and bigged him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 If a striker doesn't move, then Gil and Grealish can't do much. Honestly I'd try Ayew up top on his own and leave Gestede out. For me he is a big problem for our attacking play, we played our best football against Leicester in that first half, because we had Sinclair and even Gabby moving off the ball for Gil and Grealish to pick out, with Gestede we are fairly limited as he has next to no mobility to move defenders. This couldn't be any more spot on.are you free to work every weekend between now and may ? Have I missed a joke here or is this a serious question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcTheObsession Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 If a striker doesn't move, then Gil and Grealish can't do much. Honestly I'd try Ayew up top on his own and leave Gestede out. For me he is a big problem for our attacking play, we played our best football against Leicester in that first half, because we had Sinclair and even Gabby moving off the ball for Gil and Grealish to pick out, with Gestede we are fairly limited as he has next to no mobility to move defenders. This couldn't be any more spot on. are you free to work every weekend between now and may ? Have I missed a joke here or is this a serious question? Think he's putting you forward for the manager's job 'Tom 13's Claret and Blue Army' has a ring to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Knew I'd missed something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ermie123 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 If a striker doesn't move, then Gil and Grealish can't do much. Honestly I'd try Ayew up top on his own and leave Gestede out. For me he is a big problem for our attacking play, we played our best football against Leicester in that first half, because we had Sinclair and even Gabby moving off the ball for Gil and Grealish to pick out, with Gestede we are fairly limited as he has next to no mobility to move defenders. Good point there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powell91 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 No one in our team except for maybe amavi can cross a ball to save their life so its redundant playing the fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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