Gabby

[richardhubbard]

Dan agree re 2 goals but if put more a shift in as a senior pro maybe we be more up mid table, his scoring record not good in last 3 years.

Glad his scoring now , but may be back off slating  me for not loving previous 18 games at home and 0 goals for an England forward.

If he scores great and if plays well he deserve his place

But cause a villa fan don't mean he auto gets picked!!

[saunders_heroes]

Dan agree re 2 goals but if put more a shift in as a senior pro maybe we be more up mid table, his scoring record not good in last 3 years.

Glad his scoring now , but may be back off slating  me for not loving previous 18 games at home and 0 goals for an England forward.

If he scores great and if plays well he deserve his place

But cause a villa fan don't mean he auto gets picked!!

Tends to deliver in the big games when it matters though. That's why he'd always be in my team.

[richardhubbard]

I am sounding like a broken record Saunders but when barring blouse in last 3 season has he done that.

The kid looked top draw 4 years ago but he know where near that level now.

He scored against reading and qpr.

I hope he gets a few more but keep in perspective, weinmann now far more important player.

[not3bad]

Maybe today we should just concentrate on giving Gabby, Andi and Christian credit.  They are coming good just when we need them to and we have a great forward line.  The third goal today typifies this, great work from Andi and the finish from Benteke but if you watch again you see Gabby take out their defender.  Great work from all our forwards.

[not3bad]

He scored against reading and qpr

Quite so - he scored against our relegation rivals, the teams we needed him to score against more than anyone else.

[eamonn]

He scored against reading and qpr.

He also got the winner at Sunderland and scored at Everton. He's on the wing most of the time so of course his goalscoring record is not going to be as good as previously. He's vital to us at the moment.

[maidstonevillain]

Gabby played the part of the wizened old pro today, he was magnificent, ran the ball into areas where QPR didn't want it to be, niggled them all the tine, scored a goal.

Couldn't agree more with this. Today was one of the best games I have seen him play. His all round game was superb.

He was the one that kept his head when all the others about were losing theirs (to nearly quote)

[Ger Regan]

I LOVE when gabby scores, but i don't expect him to do it very often.

[KRS]

Give Gabby the right service by playing the ball into space ahead of him and he'll do damage to any defence in the league. His pace is his strong point so if its not utilised then he'll attract constant criticism for the weaker parts of his game...unfortunately we've seen far too much of that over the last few seasons, but we see brief glimpses of what he can do when he is used correctly.

[N'ZMAV]

Gabby has been turned into a back to goal type of player over the past few years, which is a massive mistake. He needs to be facing the goal. You'll get more from him.

[Clampy]

I said a while back i could see him scoring a few important goals in the run in and he has. He's worth his place in the team at the moment though.

[eastie]

I said a while back i could see him scoring a few important goals in the run in and he has. He's worth his place in the team at the moment though.

Yes , he is delivering when it matters , the formation now is good and we are reaping the rewards .

[Toronto Villa]

I LOVE when gabby scores, but i don't expect him to do it very often.

Quite Ger. I expect Gabby to work really hard, often for little reward or acclaim which he does pretty much every time he plays.

[supertom]

We look more balanced when Gabby plays. He works very hard. He works the channels well. We seem to lack something when he's not playing. Plus his pace is always a great outlet. One thing Gabby never gets enough credit for is the amount of territory he buys you. His pace and running wins us so many throw ins, corners and free kicks up field and normally coming out of nothing. He's very good at that. Compare him to say N'Zogbia who also has the pace to break away quickly and ease pressure we're under, and Charles would be more inclined to hold the ball too long, try to dribble past maybe and run into the defender more often and give the ball straight back (as well as he's played of late). If Gab has to he can knock the ball 10 yards ahead and skin a defender.

8 goals so far this season from wide isn't too shabby either. There's some key games still to play and I'd fancy Gabby to come up with a goal nearly as much as Benteke, because largely, he's scored in important games over the 7 seasons now.

[old man villa fan]

His goals in the last two games have been very important but over the last 3 years his willingness to get involved when he does not have the ball has deteriorated.  He is a player with pace with many of his goals coming from this, as well as his ability to be in the right place to score some great headed goals.

I still, however, see a player who lacks tactical awareness and through greater experience not being able to improve on where he was 4 or 5 years ago.  People say that he is not scoring so many because of playing out wide but he rarely seems to score many goals at the far post when the ball comes in from the other side like other wide players.

His performance of late have started to pick up, although in some games for only part of the game.  It could well be that he has been down on confidence or struggling with niggly injuries but we need him on top form for the run in.  Let's hope he gets another handful of goals before the end of the season.