Gabby

[peter w]

As I've said put the ball in the air and gabby will get goals.

[LeeB]

As I've said put the ball in the air and gabby will get goals.

He's fucking brilliant with his nut.

[Toronto Villa]

As I've said put the ball in the air and gabby will get goals.

He's fucking brilliant with his nut.

Yes, very underrated with his head. Has scored some tremendous goals over the years.

[john e]

I think there has been a levelling of and a coming together in opinions about Gabby this season

There are people like me who have never rated him to highly thought he had to many deficiencies in his game to ever be really top class,
Then there are those who three or four years ago were predicting he would be England's first choice striker by now.

I don't think anyone believes that now,
but on the other hand  although he will never be prolific like Benteke or even Wieman, I now believe he has a important role in the squad and team, he is playing under less pressure because there is other strikers doing the scoring bit more regularly

He does score some very important goals,
 he might not get many but the ones he gets really count
His role is better defined now, and he is better for it, and for me even though he is not one of my favourites, there is no better sight than Gabby scoring for Villa, he gives me a warmer glow than any one else including Benteke/Wieman

[peter w]

Because he's one of us, probably, and you know when he scores for Villa he understands what that means.

[OCD]

Gabby's been pretty poor for the last couple of years but there were improved performances from January onward and now he seems to be rediscovering the habit of scoring goals on a more regular basis. Gabby-Benteke-Weimann is a cracking front 3, we just need to build up the rest of the squad and get rid of the players who no longer have a place.

[Astral Weeks]

A few months ago, I was questioning whether he was still worth his place. I could never argue about his work rate, but I wasn't sure what else he brought to the side any more.

Recently, though, he's bagged a few important goals and he's back to something like his best. He was excellent on Saturday, showing plenty of "old pro" nous such as winning free kicks to take the pressure off the team. As somebody said earlier, he also showed great awareness by taking the defender out of the game on the 6 yard line for Benteke's goal. Good spot, I hadn't noticed that.

[Mortimer's Bear]

His fondness of scoring against the pond-dwellers from across the city also earns him a lot of respect from me.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Dublin was on MOTD and he said he doesn't score many headders, I can remember a few good ones including the one against the Blues at the sty

[Stu]

Dublin was on MOTD and he said he doesn't score many headders, I can remember a few good ones including the one against the Blues at the sty

I don't think Dion's much of a pundit tbh. I think it was last week he said something like "Villa were hammered 8-0 by Chelsea at Christmas, that's something that you don't want to happen"

No shit, D?

[supertom]

Hes scored a couple of headers against Utd over the years too.

[JUAN PABLO]

He's pissed off over the last few seasons . 

but credit to him lately . Important goal he scored Saturday .

[eamonn]

Yeah, was surprised by Dion's comment on MOTD. Gabby has always been more than decent in the air.

Last season he actually started the season on fire, scoring and setting-up brilliant solo efforts against Blackburn and Wigan, and linking really well with Bent especially in the Norwich game. After that he picked-up niggles and never regained his form but now he's more than showing his worth.

I still wish he would temper that habit he has of back to goal, standing his ground and waiting for the defender to make contact with his back in the hope of winning a free as I think the opposition are getting wise to it.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

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.

His hold up play is superb too, you rarely see a defender take the ball off him. His contribution is invaluable to the team but when the Football Manager 13 fans only measure him by his goals, it's obvious they're never going to get it. Like Gabby, Stewart Downing in his Player of the Year season with us scored a total of 8 goals. He wasn't playing as a centre forward either.

[N'ZMAV]

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.

His hold up play is superb too, you rarely see a defender take the ball off him. His contribution is invaluable to the team but when the Football Manager 13 fans only measure him by his goals, it's obvious they're never going to get it. Like Gabby, Stewart Downing in his Player of the Year season with us scored a total of 8 goals. He wasn't playing as a centre forward either.

to be fair he doesn't even score many on FM13 either. Nevermind...