Keep. I know there's no room for sentimentality in football but Gabby is Villa through and through, and I believe it's important to have someone like that in the dressing room.We've all been bemoaning the attitude of footballers in recent weeks. Gabby has always been loyal. It would be a shame to see him in a different shirt.
Quote from: dicedlam on August 04, 2015, 10:52:49 AMAnother Michael Owen. As soon as the pace deserted him (and a lot of it seemed to be his own making with the timber he has been carrying around), his threat became less and less. This was quickly picked up by other teams and knew they did not have to defend so deep. Hence, I believe why a lot more pressure was put on our midfield over the last few years.I don't think he will be happy playing a bit part role, so I think its time for him to go.Another Michael Owen? People seem to forget how goo Owen was before the injuries, comparing (if that is what you're doing) him to Agbonlahor is insulting.I'd let him go. We should ask this question again after he misses a sitter vs Bournemouth.
Another Michael Owen. As soon as the pace deserted him (and a lot of it seemed to be his own making with the timber he has been carrying around), his threat became less and less. This was quickly picked up by other teams and knew they did not have to defend so deep. Hence, I believe why a lot more pressure was put on our midfield over the last few years.I don't think he will be happy playing a bit part role, so I think its time for him to go.
Keep him. If he's fit and in shape, he can be a talismanic presence.For what it's worth though, my password at work last month was Benteke20 and he was gone within a few days of it expiring and me changing it to Agbonlahor11...
The best we saw of Gabby I think was when he was playing as the lone front man under MON a few season's back. With Ayew and Sinclair either side of him, playing him through the middle in the last 20 minutes of games might be an idea. I don't think he's cut out to play as a wide man anymore. Keep.
Keep. He was instrumental in our upsurge in form until he got injured and easy to forget we were worried post Tottenham as he was looking bright and lively. Sherwood was also waxing lyrical about him. I think he's vital, or at least a wanted cog, in the Sherwood up tempo system that he is keen to deploy. He scores important goals and never minds whichever position he is asked to play, even if it doesn't fit into his style of play. He has played wide, had to do a lot of back tracking, played the lone furrow by running the channels, worked with a similar sized player although none of that is his game. feeding off Young's crosses and playing off Carew saw him at his best. Playing the lone man but the way we used Benteke a,lso gave him the chance to play on the shoulder but his pace have made manager after manager misuse him. It was only O'Neill he saw the best way to play him.