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Offline TonyD

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #90 on: March 02, 2011, 11:48:49 PM »
Sorry but Gabby is a good - very good player.

He was progressing nicely until GH put out to pasture on the wing.

He plays in the MIDDLE to score goals.

I hope this makes sense.

Offline Louzie0

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #91 on: March 02, 2011, 11:52:56 PM »
yes he does

Offline Phil from the upper holte

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #92 on: March 03, 2011, 07:27:23 AM »
Very limited footballer

Get rid if the right price comes along

Offline PaulTheVillan

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #93 on: March 03, 2011, 08:04:17 AM »
Sorry but Gabby is a good - very good player.

He was progressing nicely until GH put out to pasture on the wing.

He plays in the MIDDLE to score goals.

I hope this makes sense.

Just wondering, how many times has Gabby played wide this season?

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #94 on: March 03, 2011, 10:08:45 AM »
If you play with 3 up front it is generally with a (fairly) central striker (presumably Bent) and two playing off him in wide areas with freedom to roam. Nani is an example of this.

To do this you need to have a football brain and need to work at your movement and positioning.  Unfortunately I feel Gabby fails in these areas and does not appear to have the appetite nowadays to try and improve his skills to the level that is required for a team hoping to challenge for honours.


Offline UsualSuspect

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #95 on: March 03, 2011, 10:17:01 AM »
gabby's future?

Possibly outside the job centre in Erdington

Trys hard, loves the Club but limited as a footballer. Hasn't got the brains to be a great player and if he cant work out what runs he needs to make by now then he never will

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #96 on: March 03, 2011, 03:08:33 PM »
Heskey was utterly crap as the central striker last night so hope that puts to bed this myth that seems to be growing that heskey is much more effective as a central striker than Gabby is.

If Bent isn't playing, Gabby should always be that out and out striker.

Offline WikiVilla

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #97 on: March 03, 2011, 03:22:26 PM »
16 Goals last season, he's a CF not a winger FFS !!

Offline barrysleftfoot

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #98 on: March 03, 2011, 04:03:52 PM »



   So drop Bent for Gabby?

   Gabby needs to move off the ball better, and anticipate.Balotellis goal last night, could you see Gabby score a oal like that.In the right wing position, anticipating the ball off Toure, moving before the pass is made, and finding space, and then the finish as well.
   Bent is better than Gabby, and unless he develos into a better inside foward, he will be nothing more than a sub.

Offline supertom

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #99 on: March 03, 2011, 09:06:23 PM »
O Neill used Gabby's strengths. Those are his physical attributes, and namely his speed. Trouble is with Houlliers system, it requires all the players to be able to think quick, control and pass. Gabby's just not that sort of player. To make best use of him, to some extent you have to take the football out of the equation. Knock it down the channels and let him chase it. Hit teams quick on the counter whilst they're high lined and let him run beyond the last man.

We pass the ball around quite well with Houlliers system, without being particularly dangerous sadly. Gabby looks like a fish out of water involved in passing and moving. He was very sloppy last night indeed.

Saying that, Ash Young is no where near good enough to play that 2nd striker role. He could be a flat track bully quite comfortably, but he lacks the brain and cuteness, as well as vision, to play that Bergkamp role. Despite this, everyone outside our club thinks we're absolutely lost without Ash, despite a rather average season from him.

But yes, Houllier is just not getting the best out of his players. Gabby should be backing up Bent. We can't play both of them, because Bent as a footballer is also limited and that would mean reverting to O Neill's style (which lets be brutally honest, gets better results than Ged's). He's most certainly not nearly good enough to play as a wide man in this league. He's not as quick as he was either and doesn't have the skill to take players on.

Offline kippaxvilla2

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #100 on: April 22, 2018, 10:09:22 PM »
Gabby has said he is considering retiring at the end of his contract.  You have to laugh. 

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #101 on: April 22, 2018, 10:11:06 PM »
I thought he'd retired years ago.

/baddumtish

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #102 on: April 22, 2018, 11:44:15 PM »
Lost his hungry years ago....probably around the time this thread started which was 7 years and two months ago!

Has he even scored 20 goals in that period?

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #103 on: April 23, 2018, 12:00:50 AM »
Weird flashback seeing the posts on this thread.

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Re: Gabby's future
« Reply #104 on: April 23, 2018, 12:02:22 AM »
Tonight was the last straw with Gabby.

File under Hendrie, Vassell, Moore(s).

Personally I had filed him there about three years ago but kept getting told I was talking bollocks!
Worth a quote this.

 


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