Rudy Gestede - GONE

[KRS]

You've pretty much summed it up Dave...the problem is that Gabby is still the best of our forward options.

[Clampy]

I don't like writing off players too early and I try not to but i'm not sure he's got it to be honest. When I saw him on the pitch at half time, I sat there and said to my mate 'he's not going to make any difference'. We almost sunk to their level bringing him on. Meanwhile we have a striker in Kozak who was top scorer in the Europa league before he came here and he's playing for the U21's on a Monday night and can't even make the bench. Time to give the bloke a run out.

[PaulWinch again]

I'll be surprised if he scores 5 goals this year.

[mr woo]

Having seen him play a few times now. I'd say hes worth every penny of the transfer fee that Blackburn paid to Cardiff. Around 200k?

The chicken farmers must be pissing themselves at getting 6million for him. A 26 year old striker who has only hit a double figure goal tally ONCE in his career,  despite playing at levels below the one he's expected to perform at now.

Having said that, now hes here, if you want to persist with him, you really should start playing to his strengths, get it wide and whip those crosses in. Tim doesn't seem to like or know how to play that style.


Otherwise fess up, admit you dropped a bollock and fuck him off in part exchange for Charlie Austin in January.

[Ian.]

Kozak must be given a game at some point soon. I like he idea of tempting Austin here with a swap for Ruddy in January too. It's early days but Ruddy doesn't look like a premiership player does he?

[Ads]

He looks very poor. He wins nothing in the air, he doesn't hold the ball up, he doesn't bring others in. He's slow too.

The only thing I would say is that we don't put any balls into the box for him.

[Risso]

He looks very poor. He wins nothing in the air, he doesn't hold the ball up, he doesn't bring others in. He's slow too.

The only thing I would say is that we don't put any balls into the box for him.

When we did yesterday it just skied off his head into row Z.

[Lastfootstamper]

All well and good saying we should play to his strengths, but, from the admittedly little I've seen of him thus far, I'm not sure I'd back him against most Premier League centre-halves anyway. Not much evidence yet of any real quality in him.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

for me he doesnt put himself about enough for a big bloke, if youre not going to win the header at least work the centre half.

[silhillvilla]

Other than the goal at Bournemouth has he got anything else on target yet ?

[SoccerHQ]

Other than the goal at Bournemouth has he got anything else on target yet ?

He's scuffed a few shots off target, v Sunderland, just after he scored v Bournemouth and also one at Palace. He dosen't seem great actually kicking the ball when he does get space to hit a shot.

[DesBremner]

"Hi mate is that the Dog & Duck B team"
"yes mate"
"My mate is a striker looking for a team "
"brilliant mate always looking for a good striker, is he any good"
"Well he's tall (ish) "
" Sounds perfect , what's his name "
"Rudy Gestede ....."
Long pause

"sorry mate fat john is our striker "

[silhillvilla]

Time to give Kozak an extended run of games.

[Richard E]

Time to give Kozak an extended run of games.

It probably is, but I can't see it happening when he wasn't even on the bench yesterday.

[silhillvilla]

Time to give Kozak an extended run of games.

It probably is, but I can't see it happening when he wasn't even on the bench yesterday.

Seems sherwood will go with Ayew and gestede ahead of Kozak as he's signed them