AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Guzan Cuellar Collins Dunne Warnock Petrov Clark Albrighton N'Zogbia Gabby Bent / Albrighton ----- Zog Bent Gabby ... 2-0 Loss though I think. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VamosMiAstonVilla Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Any team that involves Heskey and/or Collins we will lose, almost certainly conceding from a set-piece. I want us to go with our "little-men" again (Albrighton, Bannan) and us try and win the game. Bent should definitely play if anyone should be left out it should be Gabby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 if anyone should be left out it should be Gabby! On what grounds? He's been our best player this season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VamosMiAstonVilla Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Anonymous vs Arsenal! Our little men feeding Bent is all we need! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAndLoyal Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 What a load of rubbish. Gabby has been our best player by a country mile this season. You would drop him for a drastically out-of-form player who can't presently hit a cows arse with a banjo on the basis of one below-par game? If that is your 'grounds' for suggesting Gabby should be dropped then Mr Bent should have been relegated to the bench weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 Anonymous vs Arsenal! Our little men feeding Bent is all we need! So that warrants being dropped? Nonsense, Gabby is a "little man" who has provided a fair few of Bent's goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VamosMiAstonVilla Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Give me Bent over Gabby anyday. Gabby hasn't done much for the last few games now he got in the way vs Arsenal. Feed Bent and he will score we'd have beat Arsenal if Bent was playing. That said Bent makes Gabby look better (all those assists scored by Bent?) so probably worth playing both. My argument is Gabby is poor on his own and if it was him vs Bent then it's Bent for me anyday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I can't really think of a credible reason to drop either of them. Let's go 4-4-2 with both Bent and Gabby, with N'Zogbia and Albrighton on the wings. Stick Petrov and Clark in midfield and let's have a go at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdubber Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 When fit and the right attitude, Gabby is a must! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Give me Bent over Gabby anyday. Gabby hasn't done much for the last few games now he got in the way vs Arsenal. Feed Bent and he will score we'd have beat Arsenal if Bent was playing. That said Bent makes Gabby look better (all those assists scored by Bent?) so probably worth playing both. My argument is Gabby is poor on his own and if it was him vs Bent then it's Bent for me anyday! LOL, so the guy who runs with the ball, beats players and gets the perfect cross is made to look good by the person who puts it in from 6 yards? How does that work? Even if Bent wasn't there on the end of the crosses, we'd all be praising Gabby's work and saying 'Gabby played well, we need someone on the end of his crosses though' without Gabby this season, Bent wouldn't have more than 3 goals. You say 'Gabby hasn't done much for the last few games' ... In his last game before Arsenal, he set up the goal for Albrighton! 2 games before that, he was given Man of the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Anonymous vs Arsenal! Our little men feeding Bent is all we need! and Bent has done what in his last 5 games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Guzan Cuellar Collins Dunne Warnock Petrov Clark Albrighton N'Zogbia Gabby Bent / Albrighton ----- Zog Bent Gabby ... 2-0 Loss though I think. Sorry. Can't argue with that team but think draw is most likely result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAndLoyal Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Give me Bent over Gabby anyday. Gabby hasn't done much for the last few games now he got in the way vs Arsenal. Feed Bent and he will score we'd have beat Arsenal if Bent was playing. That said Bent makes Gabby look better (all those assists scored by Bent?) so probably worth playing both. My argument is Gabby is poor on his own and if it was him vs Bent then it's Bent for me anyday! Gabby is poor on his own? Either you have an extremely short memory or you haven't been a Villa fan for very long? Gabby was upfront on his own in a 4-5-1 formation for the incredibly successful festive run we had a few seasons ago, under Martin O'Neill, when we couldn't stop winning, particularly away from home. So that defeats any argument you were trying to make right in its tracks. Gabby hasn't done much for the past few games? Sorry, are you getting the two of them mixed up? Bent has done next to nothing for half a season. Bent, by the very nature of his play, doesn't make anyone "look better" - he is simply there to score from six yards. Talking of scoring from six yards, and your assertion that "feeding Bent" will mean he scores - what about the countless sitters he's missed this season? How many points has that cost us? Gabby had a below-average game against Arsenal and all of a sudden it's Bent who has been making Gabby look good all season You couldn't make it up! What a load of rubbish. Had it not been for a fantastic save from the keeper, Gabby would have scored a first half header against Arsenal. But don't let that get in the way of your argument. Would Bent have tucked away Albrighton's goal the other night? I doubt it very much. Gabby over Bent any day of the week - he's Villa, he's one of us, and he's a bloody great player who gives his all for the Claret & Blue cause. Bent will be off as soon as he gets a telephone call offering him more money, in my opinion of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 I can't really think of a credible reason to drop either of them. Nor me, when they're both on form it's a difficult task for anyone to stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDrums Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Give me Bent over Gabby anyday. Gabby hasn't done much for the last few games now he got in the way vs Arsenal. Feed Bent and he will score we'd have beat Arsenal if Bent was playing. That said Bent makes Gabby look better (all those assists scored by Bent?) so probably worth playing both. My argument is Gabby is poor on his own and if it was him vs Bent then it's Bent for me anyday! LOL, so the guy who runs with the ball, beats players and gets the perfect cross is made to look good by the person who puts it in from 6 yards? How does that work? Even if Bent wasn't there on the end of the crosses, we'd all be praising Gabby's work and saying 'Gabby played well, we need someone on the end of his crosses though' without Gabby this season, Bent wouldn't have more than 3 goals. You say 'Gabby hasn't done much for the last few games' ... In his last game before Arsenal, he set up the goal for Albrighton! 2 games before that, he was given Man of the match. Without Gabby and Given we'd be in big time shit. People are ridiculous with Bent over Gabby. Gabby has been outstanding. Bent has been awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjenkins Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Guzan Cuellar Collins Dunne Warnock Petrov Ireland Albrighton N'Zogbia Agbonlahor Bent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 People are ridiculous with Bent over Gabby. Gabby has been outstanding. Bent has been awful.Hardly. He's not been as good as last season but we all know why that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shambles Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 ---------------------------------Guzan--------------------------------- Cuellar------------Dunne-------------------Clark----------Warnock ---------------------------------Petrov-------------------------------- --------------------Ireland-------------------Bannan----------------- Nzogbia------------------------------------------------------Agbonlahor ---------------------------------Bent-------------------------------------- Looks good to me, if we're on our game on Monday night we could absolutely rape Stoke on the counter-attack. Clarke will get murdered at CB v Stoke. I'd rather keep Cuellar and Dunne together and see if either Clark or Warnock fancied playing RB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VamosMiAstonVilla Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Just because he's "one of us" etc etc doesn't mean he should never be dropped! I don't think he should be dropped either but if it was a straight choice him up front or Bent and the other has to sit out then I would pick Bent anyday! 20+ goals a season, Gabby would be lucky to get half that in a season. All those balls played across the box against Arsenal were gagging on Bent to be on the end of them. --------Back 4----- -----Herd----Petrov-- Alrighton--Bannan--N-Zog ----------Bent--------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAndLoyal Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 You seem to just blurt out random statments which are either wrong or don't make any sense. You say you don't think Gabby should be dropped, but then put the team you would play for Stoke without him in it. Make your mind up? :? And then you say Gabby would be lucky to get 10 goals a season when he has already regularly achieved that feat. Again, another meaningless comment. You also like putting words in my mouth. I've never said he should never be dropped, have I? But he's been by far our best player this season and you still haven't given me a single logical reason for dropping him. It would be non-sensical to drop our most dangerous attacking player - we're struggling for goals as it is. I like sticking to the facts. And yes, on his day Bent can be a very good player. Trouble is, when it's not his day (which has been practically every game this season) he contributes absolutely nothing to the team whatsoever, whereas Gabby can also create goals even if he isn't scoring them. If anyone should be dropped, make no mistake, it should be Darren Bent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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