lexicon Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Yeah because he has a divine right to the contract he has right now... If that is the case then he should be shown the door, it's as simple as that. I wouldn't go as far as saying that but he does need a kick up the arse, IF it's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 How much is Puncheon on? About 20k? Ten times the player Gabby is. You're right, someone like Puncheon would be a much better option for us, he is way more productive and has better technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Puncheon? Let's not go mad here. Bolasie was the only player giving us real problems yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Some ridiculous conjecture in these last couple of pages. He's out of form, simple as that. That people are looking for reasons other than the obvious to chastise him proves to me that he is highly rated amongst the majority. More is expected of him, absolutely, but we shouldn't need to invent reasons why he's not delivering right now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) Some ridiculous conjecture in these last couple of pages. He's out of form, simple as that. That people are looking for reasons other than the obvious to chastise him proves to me that he is highly rated amongst the majority. More is expected of him, absolutely, but we shouldn't need to invent reasons why he's not delivering right now. Just to clarify, I felt like I did stipulate that I was being purely speculative with the language I used. Edited April 13, 2014 by lexicon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Edit - oh look, a "better fan than you" debate. That's me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcgoodie Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 The sooner he stops using Gabby as a winger, the better, "Gabby is a Striker" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 The sooner he stops using Gabby as a winger, the better, "Gabby is a Striker" I dunno, he's played as a striker through the middle a fair few times and he can't seem to put the ball in the net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 When you fail to deliver for the vast majority of the season you deserve to be chastised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 The sooner he stops using Gabby as a winger, the better, "Gabby is a Striker" Like yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 When you fail to deliver for the vast majority of the season you deserve to be chastised. No denying that - he's getting paid a lot of money and the fans have given him a massive amount of support and time... he needs to knuckle down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) I'd say it's a bit more terminal than needing to 'knuckle down', he needs to go. Edited April 13, 2014 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcgoodie Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 The sooner he stops using Gabby as a winger, the better, "Gabby is a Striker" Like yesterday? The sooner he stops using Gabby as a winger, the better, "Gabby is a Striker" I dunno, he's played as a striker through the middle a fair few times and he can't seem to put the ball in the net Just by looking at him, you could see he wanted to drift wide, not how his talents(Yes he has some) should be utilized, not just yesterday but for the majority of this season, as opposed to his whole Villa career, he's not running through the middle causing problems to CB that he previously was, same as Weimann to a certain extent, that art of terrorising the CB seems to have been coached out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I'd say it's a bit more terminal than needing to 'knuck down', he needs to go. Bold statement, definitely a case for it. There's a lot of sentimentality with Gabby for obvious reasons - if there wasn't, he may well have been shipped out by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) I'd say it's a bit more terminal than needing to 'knuck down', he needs to go. Bold statement, definitely a case for it. There's a lot of sentimentality with Gabby for obvious reasons - if there wasn't, he may well have been shipped out by now. It's irrational sentimentality, the sort of which that gets you no where. He consistently fails to deliver, even at his best he performs in patches over the course of a season. He's not performing and he has very limited ability, he's primed to be replaced, especially since for all his obvious weaknesses he is mysteriously one of our top earners. Edited April 13, 2014 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Him leaving will be the start of us getting back up the table So it's all been Gabby's fault all along!! Now you tell us No it hasn't, but happy clappers like you haven't helped, regaling us with tales of his perennial half decent performance every year at Arsenal. Like most Villa fans with a modicum of sense, I am sick of hearing how this guy is 'one of us', like its a free pass-out to be a lazy b'stard every week. He is not good enough for our club - actually words fail me as to how he ever got a professional contract. I hear reports of an improved contract being offered to this parody of a player ? Shame on anyone who thinks he deserves it.....you're as much of a disgrace as him... What the hell was that? It was a joke dude, take it easy. Gabby has been crap this season but taking him out the team wouldn't help because the alternatives are even worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) I went yesterday and at the end of the game only 4 players bothered to come over and applaud the Villa Fans who was singing all game. Was around 3500 of us!! Those 4 was Albrighton (Who started it first) Delph, Vlaar and Lowton Mr Aston Villa was nowhere to be seen, Some deluded fans claim ''He loves the Villa, don't you know?'' even though he grew up an Arsenal fan living in Erdington All Gabby cares about is his pay packet (£65k a week he is on), the reason he has never moved is because no one has ever bid for him (The Arsenal rumours was just paper talk) He has never been really that good Edited April 13, 2014 by Villan4Life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 How about converting Gabby to a left back? He tackles a bit and has okay positioning. He's certainly got the pace for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr_Pangloss Posted April 13, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) How about converting Gabby to a left back? He tackles a bit and has okay positioning. He's certainly got the pace for it. It's not even subtle that you're on the wind up anymore. Edited April 13, 2014 by Dr_Pangloss 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 It's not a ridiculous suggestion. The modern wing-back is becoming more like Gabby. Walker at Tottenham. If he plays left-back he can cut inside onto his right foot. Gabby's also got a half-decent cross as he showed against Liverpool and Rotherham. If we can't play him there then I agree we should sell him to a team that could use a good counter-attacking player to warm the bench. We won't have trouble selling him if the price is right. His wage isn't massive for the big clubs. Tom Cleverley is now getting about the same at Man Utd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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