BOF Posted February 11, 2015 Moderator Share Posted February 11, 2015 I've been one of Gabby's biggest critics on here over the years. But I think it's stretching it to say he wouldn't bang them in at Championship level. From listening to managers and players over the years, the biggest difference down there is the amount of time the defence gives you. For a player with Gabby's characteristics; speed; that would surely play into his hands. Not that I want to see this hypothesis played out in real life for one minute :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I think he would be a good asset to have in the Championship but I honestly don't see him scoring goals even down there. It isn't in his character or nature, he isn't ruthless, he doesn't have that edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Gabby "Banging them in" at any level is a pretty hilarious notion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Shouldn't really be doing that as a senior pro... He's just not very good either, his persistency in the team has baffled me for 5 or so years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Needs to be played in a 4-4-2 in my opinion. If he plays next to a target striker who can draw defenders away, Gabby will prosper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Daryl Murphy is top scorer in championship and he is absolute dross. Glenn Murray, Chris Wood and David Nugent all hit 20 goals in recent seasons so im sure Gabby better than all them strikers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Looks like that Gabby account may well be legit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midian Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Id say its not him,nobody connected to club follow him which you would expect also I found it strange over 75% of his followers are swingers or escorts lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinVilla Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Can't see it being a legit account. Sure didn't he say a few years ago that he didn't want to be called gabby that he wanted to be called Gabriel. Or am I imagining that? If that was the case why would he set up his account as gabby. That and I don't see what he has to gain with lambert gone. He was a regular under lambert and you'd have to assume his position is under serious pressure with a new man coming in given his lack of productivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnStortford Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I doubt he'd really care if he got dropped from the squad, he's just gotten his retirement contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Daryl Murphy is top scorer in championship and he is absolute dross. Glenn Murray, Chris Wood and David Nugent all hit 20 goals in recent seasons so im sure Gabby better than all them strikers No he isn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr600rr Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 i think the new manager should cut ties with him in the summer,the game is about results & goals, gabby struggled with young.barry,petrov,milner setting them up! gabby is part of the low scoring problem & not a solution. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGabbana Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 i think the new manager should cut ties with him in the summer,the game is about results & goals, gabby struggled with young.barry,petrov,milner setting them up! gabby is part of the low scoring problem & not a solution. Gabby would be top of my list to get rid of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I think Gabby is very influential in the 'dressing room' as it were - seems to be well-liked and any manager coming in needs to handle him properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 12, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2015 I see nothing to suggest that account is legit. He hasn't got a tick, the account is less than 2 weeks old, he's only made 9 tweets and he's only got about a 1000 followers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Gabby has come out numerous times and said that he is not on twitter. Then again he would say that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 He's clueless at the best of times but is he really as bad a player as we've seen from him? He has pace, experience and 2 decades of training yet at times he looks like League 1 is above him.....hopefully a new manager can use him properly, and consider the wider implication of his abilities. When I see him standing still, or not following the pass I have to ask myself whether it's him, or the manager. Stationary players, especially strikers are sitting ducks for replacing yet he was a constant thorn in our attacking exploits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 12, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2015 Let's be honest, pretty much the whole squad is underperforming at the moment. Like I said for Sinclair in his thread, I'm looking forward to seeing our players, especially the attackers, playing under a new manager. WE MIGHT EVEN SCORE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) Lerner aside, there is no one I dislike more than gabby, to me he appears a half arsed, nearly invisible, stroppy con man. How he has such high regard I'll never understand, he has never shown his full ability, lives of his local boy tag and the only reason he is described as loyal - and because he is loyal we should stick by him - is largely down to the fact that the bigger clubs see him for the underperforming/happy to get his wages bang average player that he is and have never tried to coax him away. I wonder why that is. Then you have the recurring leader of the locker room and player power nonsense that crops up everytime we are in trouble. To me he will be a spoiled little gormless brat from now on. Time for him to move on imo. Though you could say that about a lot of or squad but Gabby has gotten away with being the little local darling for most of his career. I've had enough of him. I'm not gonna say anyone who loves him is an idiot or anything, too much of that on this board, this is purely just my opinion and I'm just having a rant. I've let off steam in the Lerner thread too. Too many people are letting the true poisonous types in our club get away with it and focus all of their efforts and bile on Lambert. I'm guessing the next manager will get it in the neck next instead despite being the 5th or 6th guy since MON to fail. Yet there are one or two other constants who always escape it all. Edited February 12, 2015 by Ingram85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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