Sorry to see so many Gabby-haters.
Can see Gabby on the bench a lot next season. Bent and Weimann will be the starters.
Quote from: Rigadon on June 13, 2012, 06:04:25 PMSorry to see so many Gabby-haters. He very much deserves another season given the performances he has delivered in his Villa career. Senior players are asked a hundred times when a new manager comes in about it. What are they supposed to say aside from "it's exciting blah blah". As for selling him to Sunderland, I'd rather not help O'Neill out thanks. Gabby can be devastating and on top form is worth way more than £12m in todays inflated market. I hate the term "haters". It seems to be a chav-fueled social media term which is used to describe anyone who has the slightest bit of criticism for anything else, which is all that is being expressed. Purely on football...Deserving another season? What do you have to do to "deserve more time"? Not delivered for 2 straight seasons, sulked a lot when played out wide, done absoluptly nothing when played in his "best" position. No movement, and Houllier was right about him needing to lose a bit of the bulk, he has lost a good amount of pace, and will never be bright enough to make up for shortfalls as an athlete by having the movement and awareness to make up. He is a lower mid table striker, but never going to be what some think he is. His movement and finishing is simply not up to it the standard needed. If MON offered anything over 8 million I would drive him up there, and would pay the petrol. On sentiment, I would love him to score 20 goals next season, put me right on all that I have written above, and lead us to a top 8 finish. I would love it, because he is Gabby and he is ours. But sentiment should not come into analysing his talent.
Sorry to see so many Gabby-haters. He very much deserves another season given the performances he has delivered in his Villa career. Senior players are asked a hundred times when a new manager comes in about it. What are they supposed to say aside from "it's exciting blah blah". As for selling him to Sunderland, I'd rather not help O'Neill out thanks. Gabby can be devastating and on top form is worth way more than £12m in todays inflated market.
At the start of last season gabby was the sharpest i've seen him, but towards the end of last season it was the poorest I've seen him. Hopefully he can bang a few in next season, mainly because I love the fact he's a brummy lad playing for his club.