Gabby - keep or let go

[aj2k77]

Has no desire, spends too much time working on his Physique. One of those horrible, bling, glamour boy footballers in it purely for money and not for medals. The ultimate waste of space.

[Ads]

Compare him with Ayew, who ran into the channels, down blind alleys sometimes and got himself isolated from other claret and blue shirts, but kept working, kept kicking white shirted players, kept trying to take people on and then we a player of quality joined him on the pitch, he scored and went within a whisker of smashing a thunderbolt in that two keepers would not have stopped.

He's got guile, where Gabby has none, he has got the effort and the endeavor to keep working. He seems like an emotional player which likely brings out some sort of personal pride, where Gabby, again, looks vacant.

Houillier was right.

[footyskillz]

I may be naive but think new coaching comes new ideas and chance to develop. If it's seen he's not suited then Garde will get him out of the team let's just see what Garde thinks shall we. Probably the most frustrating player at villa as I don't think he's rubbish but can always do better . we hear all the time that pace is a problem for defenders and he needs to be schooled in french football ways. I think it was said when Wenger came in his methods to the old school English players who had seen better days and revitalized them. This is the influence that can be hd on a player like Gabby with the right coaching staff. I'm sure the player as a villa man has pride as well as professional pride and if he's either revitalized as a striker or reinvented as an attacking winger then its a win win. If not then yes it has to be said he should be said he should be an impact sub .

[mr underhill]

Bournemouth bound in January?

[Chris Jameson]

Bournemouth bound in January?

I think he'd fit in well at Bolton alongside Heskey and Ameobi. Imagine having to watch those three.

[joe_c]

I hope you're right footyskillz. If it were true that there were no room for sentiment in football, we'd have jacked in the Villa in favour of supporting Chelsea long ago. Gabby has in the past been a consistent and effective performer even though probably the last time he did anything praiseworthy was the reducer on Louis Tomlinson.

His confidence looks shot though and the chance he made a mess of against Swansea is a good illustration of this where a few years ago you'd have expected him to put his left foot through it rather than the feeble attempt we saw with his right. That he's managed a couple of assists this season suggests he's not completely beyond redemption but it's up to him whether he can return to anything like the form of his early career.

[LeeB]

Bournemouth bound in January?

I think he'd fit in well at Bolton alongside Heskey and Ameobi. Imagine having to watch those three.

I don't have to, we've given more than a passing resemblance ourselves of late.

[django]

His best days are obviously behind him, but that statistic about his feeble number of touches is equally damning of our midfield and the supply they get to our forwards. Garde will need to need to do more than just drop Gaby or Gestede to get us creating chances and scoring regularly.

[Axl Rose]

Can football players be sacked? If so, sack him.

[sirlordbaltimore]

I honestly wouldn't keep him if he was on £500 a week. He offers NOTHING. He's no role model, he doesn't lead by example, he doesn't offer any experience to the younger players that I can see and basically offers nothing to the side at all

He's leached enough off the club to last ten lifetimes no doubt

[Villa in Denmark]

His best days are obviously behind him, but that statistic about his feeble number of touches is equally damning of our midfield and the supply they get to our forwards. Garde will need to need to do more than just drop Gaby or Gestede to get us creating chances and scoring regularly.

I still think the most damming statistic was getting outscored by Ivanhoe in Houllier's season  when Ivanhoe actually played fewer games.

And if the 6 touches in open play is equally damming of our midfield, how come Ayew had beaten that inside 5 minutes without any tactical adjustments, just by showing some intelligent movement and basically looking like he gave a fuck.

[Clampy]

I think he's been a decent servant overall but he shouldn't be starting games now we have Sinclair and Ayew to choose from.

[JUAN PABLO]

Gabby has coasted along at the club for too long.  Get rid.  Typifies all that is wrong with the club,  happy to collect his money, happy to maintain the status quo.

This

Frightening Lambert, sherwood and kmac kept picking him.

[Monty]

I think he's been a decent servant overall but he shouldn't be starting games now we have Sinclair and Ayew to choose from.

That's what I think - they all do similar things, wide or central, quick, beating players and so on, but those two just do it better than Gabby.

[Vegas]

His best days are obviously behind him, but that statistic about his feeble number of touches is equally damning of our midfield and the supply they get to our forwards. Garde will need to need to do more than just drop Gaby or Gestede to get us creating chances and scoring regularly.

I still think the most damming statistic was getting outscored by Ivanhoe in Houllier's season  when Ivanhoe actually played fewer games.

And if the 6 touches in open play is equally damming of our midfield, how come Ayew had beaten that inside 5 minutes without any tactical adjustments, just by showing some intelligent movement and basically looking like he gave a fuck.

Spot on ViD. The argument that it's other people's fault if forwards don't get in the game is highly simplistic and Ayew demonstrated that perfectly last night.