Rudy Gestede - GONE

[Nunkin1965]

I wasn't a massive fan of him but out of the strikers we let go, he's the one I would have kept, for the time being anyway.

Yep....why we were so desperate to sell him as soon as the window opened I'll never know. Big mistake.

He helped get a draw in the Leeds game and he was a good sub at this level. I think we could've done with him in the Cardiff and Wolves games, think he'd have buried the McCormack chance.

We missed a trick with him because he would have done a job at this level.

I think we're still a bit billy big time and the likes of Gestede aren't deemed good enough.

[Diablo]

Because we have pulled up so many trees since he left of course.

Did we pull up any trees when he was here?

I thought he was a tree, a big lumbering deep rooted oak

A tree that was plonked in a desert and not regularly tended for or watered?

No just shit

Hahaha!

[CT]

Letting fat boy, Ayew and Rudy all go in the same window was daft.

Despite his limitations, Rudy was the one I would have kept. He was a genuine lad.

[BOB MANSFIELD]

Much as he might have been a " nice guy " (like Westy )....he was a blooming expensive interpreter for Kodjia !

[Salsa Party Animal]

if Rudi is more like Drogba/Vieri, he would be still at Villa Park.

[BOB MANSFIELD]

Definitely a lot less than Drogba.....and Viera. In fact too little in him to be a real star, I think.

[Dave]

if Rudi is more like Drogba/Vieri, he would be still at Villa Park.

If he were a better player than he actually is then he wouldn't have moved up a division?

[ChicagoLion]

If there was one player that could do a job, even if that meant going route 1 when needing a goal or at least to cause the opposition something to worry about. So we sell him.
But hey Gabby still getting a game.

[dcdavecollett]

...except he isn't!

[N'ZMAV]

Gestede is a better option than Gabby. But that's not saying a great deal.

[Tayls_7]

Gestede is a better option than Gabby. But that's not saying a great deal.

Try getting the lazy fat knacker off the pay roll though. Things may have been different if he wasn't so shameless.

[passitsideways]

I don't know why people keep on saying "he could've done a job at this level", because he really couldn't, at least from his appearances for us this season, even though his record at Blackburn was good. It was the exact same shit as it was last season: if he played from the start, he would basically offer no presence up front; he was only a threat when he came on as a sub and could go full-pelt for 20 to 30 minutes, and if we were going to turn down 6.5 million or whatever it was because losing a super sub was going to immeasurably fuck us, well, I think we have much larger problems (well, we do.)

[Mister E]

if Rudi is more like Drogba/Vieri, he would be still at Villa Park.

If he were a better player than he actually is then he wouldn't have moved up a division?

Like Westwood , you mean?

[brian green]

Like who we have who is better than him.

[tomd2103]

I don't know why people keep on saying "he could've done a job at this level", because he really couldn't, at least from his appearances for us this season, even though his record at Blackburn was good. It was the exact same shit as it was last season: if he played from the start, he would basically offer no presence up front; he was only a threat when he came on as a sub and could go full-pelt for 20 to 30 minutes, and if we were going to turn down 6.5 million or whatever it was because losing a super sub was going to immeasurably fuck us, well, I think we have much larger problems (well, we do.)

I agree with most of that, but still maintain that he was probably closest to the type of striker we need.  We need a striker who can lead the line on his own, hold the ball up and bring others into play.  So far, we have spent the best part of £40m on strikers and still haven't got one who can perform that role.