TRO Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I'm not saying he is the answer.....but in our predicament, how on earth has it taken this long to give him a run out. its very, very worrying. even I can see he takes up intelligent positions and on that alone, it was better than anything else we could muster. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Deserves to start the next game. Well played LIBOR defend from the front! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Fair play to Libor for coming back from such a serious injury, They breed em tough in CZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 26 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: as average as he was, he still made more of an impact than gestede has made all season. Considering this was his first start for us in 2 years, a freak leg break, frozen out by sherwood and Garde hasn't played him much, for him to start tonight and put in the effort he did deserves praise. Gestede's not playing well but won us 3 points at the start and knocked the scum out the cup. Libor worked very hard and was lively but your starting statement is not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Worked his bollox off tonight. Movement was good, held the ball well, got stuck in and deserved the applause and support he got from the crowd. I really hope he stays in the team now as with more games could be the perfect foil for Ayew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Wins as much in the air as Gestede but has movement which Gestede badly lacks , still rusty and lacks pace but his runs create space and occupy CB's leaving space elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 12, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2016 What tonight showed was how much of a difference having a decent centre forward makes, even if they're not scoring goals. And it's not to even say Kozak was that good. Just that if we looked so much better with him therel imagine if we had a good striker playing instead? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Put more effort into this one game than the cumulative effort of Gestede throughout the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 53 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Gestede's not playing well but won us 3 points at the start and knocked the scum out the cup. Libor worked very hard and was lively but your starting statement is not true. Kozak... worked a lot harder than Gestede has all season. The amount of times I saw him battling in our own half to win the ball was brilliant to see. Worked his socks off. That's what we need. When you see your striker working like that. His overall game was a bit sloppy but got into great positions. Should keep his spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Bloody hell. Imagine having a striker that actually runs? Lacks quality on the ball, always has. But his movement and workrate puts Gestede to shame. Should start the next game too. Agree with this. He's not very good, but his movement alone was enough to give them pause for thought. He will score goals with that too. Blew Gestede out the water today in every department. I just wish he was a better footballer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 8 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Blew Gestede out the water today in every department. For our current crop of players, this is all we need to make him a starter. This much at least is definitely bleedin' obvious. He should not be sold until someone better comes in, I honestly don't think we can afford to. If what Garde has been saying later is true about players not wanting to come, maybe Garde is realising that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 His presence alone brings a whole new dynamic to the team . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 He's a 'proper striker', and more intelligent. He's limited with things like movement and agility and probably fitness too but he knows how to make the most of his attributes, and when to move which Gestede doesn't. The worrying thing is Gestede isn't that good with his head. Technically or mentally ie not a very smart player. In the mid to low table championship you can just stand in the box, have 25 balls put into you, win 11, of which 5 are flick ons or knock downs, and have an attempt with 6. If one attempt is half decent it's in, or if one knock on is successful you've made an assist for doing sod all. In the Prem 25 balls knocked up from everywhere to an immobile striker with low strength, 22 will be cleared, and maybe 1-2 knock ons attempted and 1-2 shots, of which you need a great connection because you're immobile and the defender or keeper will be right on you. We have to remember as well Gestede has only scored like 25 goals in his career before last season. I'd stick with Kozak for the foreseeable and cart out Clark to shamrock rovers on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samjp26 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) Pretty evident what he offers over Gestede Edited January 13, 2016 by samjp26 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neil Posted January 13, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2016 8 minutes ago, samjp26 said: Pretty evident what he offers over Gestede Is Gestede the white dot over two halves? 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Jokes aside, worth noting that the touch he made in the bottom right corner (just outside of our area), was actually a tackle. Worked his socks off tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 34 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said: He's a 'proper striker', and more intelligent. I must be one of his biggest supporters week in / week out to be given a chance at least, but we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves. He had a decent game tonight, in Gestede standards an excellent game. I'm not sure he's going to ever be brilliant for us, and we need to strengthen our options in this department. But for now, he's a cut above the groot and about the best option we have there and should be playing / not sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 This guy has a great number of wins when playing? Especially when starting? In his first season. He came for Benteke early on and scored to win at Norwich. Then won against City, Watford and Southampton. He featured in all of our first round wins apart from Arsenal as he wasn't signed yet. Now he start again and, A win out of nowhere, lol. Anyway he was good (for what we have). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted January 13, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13, 2016 Looking at the highlights - could've had a penalty today if he milked it rather than got an unbalanced shot off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 We'll done libor!!! Welcome back!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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