Kiwivillan Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I love Gabby and then he does my head in. This happens season upon season. Moments of brilliance then disappears for weeks or months. He's like Bendtner at Arsenal except Bendtner isn't an untouchable cult figure at Arsenal because he's not a local lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Gabby is always going to be that type of player, extremely average footballer but his pace terrorises people and the 2-3 times in a season where he really turns up hes devastating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 300 appearences, fair play. I doubt he'll come close to Charlie Aitken's record but that's still an incredible innings for someone who's still only 27. How many appearances did Barry make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 13, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2013 300 appearences, fair play. I doubt he'll come close to Charlie Aitken's record but that's still an incredible innings for someone who's still only 27. How many appearances did Barry make? Barry, 365 apps and 41 goals for us says wikipedia. He might get to 450+ though Gabby if he looks after himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjaacckk91 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 300 appearences, fair play. I doubt he'll come close to Charlie Aitken's record but that's still an incredible innings for someone who's still only 27. How many appearances did Barry make? Barry, 365 apps and 41 goals for us says wikipedia. He might get to 450+ though Gabby if he looks after himself. that's league apps, Barry had 441 apps for us in total apparently. and gabby should be on for his 300th in total, his 256th I think I the league. all according to wiki. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 He's like Bendtner at Arsenal except Bendtner isn't an untouchable cult figure at Arsenal because he's not a local lad. Worst. Comparsion. Ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Gabby is always going to be that type of player, extremely average footballer but his pace terrorises people and the 2-3 times in a season where he really turns up hes devastating. He was a lot more steady under MON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 13, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2013 300 appearences, fair play. I doubt he'll come close to Charlie Aitken's record but that's still an incredible innings for someone who's still only 27. How many appearances did Barry make? Barry, 365 apps and 41 goals for us says wikipedia. He might get to 450+ though Gabby if he looks after himself. that's league apps, Barry had 441 apps for us in total apparently. and gabby should be on for his 300th in total, his 256th I think I the league. all according to wiki. Ah ok, he could conceivably get to 400 league apps for us then really. Which would be massive still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) Gabby is always going to be that type of player, extremely average footballer but his pace terrorises people and the 2-3 times in a season where he really turns up hes devastating. He was a lot more steady under MON. I think its more of a case that he was playing alongside better players under MON's tenure Milner, Young, Barry e.t.c Not only was he getting better service but teams had to contain those threats as well as him so he was likely to get more chances Now he's one of our better players and because we have very few of them its easy for teams to nullify him Very much a marked man same as Benteke Edited December 13, 2013 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 He was a striker under mon a lot too, playing off carew. Again i dislike the marked man argument because its rubbish, everyone is marked but some are good enough that is doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Oh look another key player suspended, Gabby has xmas off as after being booked today he's out of the Stoke game. He had an excellent game at the Britannia last season and for all his faults he remains a key part of what generally works for us away from home, just see the Southampton game and Stoke have a pretty slow back 4. We will miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Missed him today too - especially on our left flank...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 300 games for Villa - Well Done. Most of them shite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 If we all be honest he is not consistent or good enough. Main attribute is pace but he never uses it correctly. If he is to play he has to play as striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Lack of consistency gets me. i like him but I thought he had another dissapointing performance game yesterday and I cant get away from the fact he has only scored 1 goal this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Lack of consistency gets me. i like him but I thought he had another dissapointing performance game yesterday and I cant get away from the fact he has only scored 1 goal this season. If he wasn't a local lad and gives us a laugh now and again would he be given as much chances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Lack of consistency gets me. i like him but I thought he had another dissapointing performance game yesterday and I cant get away from the fact he has only scored 1 goal this season. If he wasn't a local lad and gives us a laugh now and again would he be given as much chances? Not sure, I think his pace keeps him in the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Lack of consistency gets me. i like him but I thought he had another dissapointing performance game yesterday and I cant get away from the fact he has only scored 1 goal this season. If he wasn't a local lad and gives us a laugh now and again would he be given as much chances? Not sure, I think his pace keeps him in the side. Yes be has pace but he does not use it to our advantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 The problem with Gabby is he just dosen't influence home games at all. Teams sit deep and can easily mark him out of the game. Think to his best 5 performances this season and they've all come in away games. Arsenal Chelsea Norwich Southampton His little cameo at West Brom. He was just shite at Fulham but still should've won a penalty. He just dosen't make the same impact at Villa Park. If we had better quality players in our squad, I'd consider starting him in the away games and leaving him on the bench at Villa Park, he should not be an automatic start anymore at VP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Lack of consistency gets me. i like him but I thought he had another dissapointing performance game yesterday and I cant get away from the fact he has only scored 1 goal this season. If he wasn't a local lad and gives us a laugh now and again would he be given as much chances? Yes you are right, If he grew up in Brighton we would probably be using Tonev instead of him. The ridiculosity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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