rodders0223 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 It sort of fits in with the never leaving Brum lack of ambition thing, but from what I have always assumed is that Gabby never really cared about playing international football. It was just an inconvience to him. He was very happy just to plod along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Dave J said: I very much doubt he would have doubled his goal tally - I'm afraid he has never been good enough for this- attitude alone cannot make up such a shortfall of talent imo Double was probably a little ambitious, but you take my point, if he'd given his all, like a James Milner, his contribution would have been much greater than it has been. Which is quite probably what he is now, a has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 3 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: “It is good to come away and see what they are like day in and day out and maybe in 10-15 years time I will turn around to people and say ‘I played with him’.” John Terry, 2008 Well, its 9 years later and now he can..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Scored a decent goal today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, brummybloke said: Scored a decent goal today. Well... he scored a goal, which is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) Captain in the second game, scored a good goal and looking in great shape and trimmest he has in years. He'll certainly get a fair amount of game time initially this season and I think at this level a fit and determined Gabby can make a positive contribution, just as he did in his brief game time last season. Edited July 23, 2017 by markavfc40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I think he did very well today. Worked hard, showed aggression, willing to get forward and wanted the ball... scored! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villianusa Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 He played well today and was tracking back when he was playing out wide. I was glad he was giving them a little bit back, dirty f%#$ers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Solid goal and work rate. Today he did his part, that can't be questioned imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 10 hours ago, Dave J said: No that's fine - I totally accept that there are many fans who like him - for me personally I just think he's always been poor imo How on earth can you claim he's always been poor when he's scored more than 80 goals for the club? tell me the last Villa player to score that many in a claret and blue shirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 51 minutes ago, avfc1982 said: How on earth can you claim he's always been poor when he's scored more than 80 goals for the club? tell me the last Villa player to score that many in a claret and blue shirt? Goals per game are what counts, and there are plenty who have better records than this waste of space. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 He definitely looks slimmer as well. As people have said, close to when he was at his peak, aside from his face of course. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 hate to say.. but he is our best link up striker.. he can hold the ball up and hes mobile........... until we sign someone better.. he may need to be starting more games than he should. Kodjia----------Gabby---------Hogan in a 433. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 53 minutes ago, KSV said: hate to say.. but he is our best link up striker.. he can hold the ball up and hes mobile........... until we sign someone better.. he may need to be starting more games than he should. Kodjia----------Gabby---------Hogan in a 433. I guess it's all about opinions. In my opinion he is one of the worst link up players I've ever seen, very easy to disposses, has no awareness of players around him, simply not a very "clever" player. Once his pace started to wane, and it is, he has very little to offer. Should have moved this guy on years ago. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Honestly think Bruce loves him and he'll be a starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 12 hours ago, avfc1982 said: How on earth can you claim he's always been poor when he's scored more than 80 goals for the club? tell me the last Villa player to score that many in a claret and blue shirt? If you think 80 goals is a good return for the games played ? Well fair enough that's your view. personally I don't - as for a player - is he good technically ? No - can he pick a pass ? No - can he dribble ? No - does he show strong footballing intelligence ? No - yes he is quick I 'll gladly bow down to this - all the above is imo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I can't live like this any longer, try as we might he just ends up in the same arguments, the same tit for tat over and over again. We try out best but we just constantly fall back into the same pattern. I will always love you Villa Talk...but I want a divorce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carewjust4u Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 40 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: I can't live like this any longer, try as we might he just ends up in the same arguments, the same tit for tat over and over again. We try out best but we just constantly fall back into the same pattern. I will always love you Villa Talk...but I want a divorce. Can you take Gabby with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 hour ago, rodders0223 said: I can't live like this any longer, try as we might he just ends up in the same arguments, the same tit for tat over and over again. We try out best but we just constantly fall back into the same pattern. I will always love you Villa Talk...but I want a divorce. Can we keep the dog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 14 hours ago, avfc1982 said: How on earth can you claim he's always been poor when he's scored more than 80 goals for the club? tell me the last Villa player to score that many in a claret and blue shirt? It's just plain wrong to say that he's always been poor but he has been for a long time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts