Robbie09 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Gabby's biggest asset is his pace. I don't think his workrate is questionable, sometimes he looks as if he isn't putting the effort in because he doesn't have the sharpest of footballing brains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Leave Gabby alone, I almost can't imagine Villa without him at this point. If we were offered the chance to swap Gabby for a player who would guarantee 15 goals and 15 assists each season, I'd bite their hands off. I'd probably swap Benteke for that Guarantee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Pretty interesting that 5 years ago on 19th Nov 2008 a just turned 22 year old Gabby made his England debut, ironically away to Germany and by all accounts played well in a 2-1 win. Four days previously he'd scored the 2nd goal in a famous 2-0 win at Arsenal for his 7th premier league goal of the season (he would only net I think 4 more that season). When you consider where he was at 22, it's difficult to say he hasn't underachieved in the years since bar a good follow up 09/10 season and good end to last season. Although our attacking quality has diminished over those years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I hope Gabby scores a couple on Monday night to shut you bunch of moaners up for a week or two ;-) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulver Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Did someone really suggest that we'd get 10-15m for Gabby if we put him up for sale or did i imagine it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Did someone really suggest that we'd get 10-15m for Gabby if we put him up for sale or did i imagine it ? Yep but read back and see who it was that said it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulver Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Ha, i thought someone was being serious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I hope Gabby scores a couple on Monday night to shut you bunch of moaners up for a week or two ;-) am sure the moaners do as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Pretty interesting that 5 years ago on 19th Nov 2008 a just turned 22 year old Gabby made his England debut, ironically away to Germany and by all accounts played well in a 2-1 win. Four days previously he'd scored the 2nd goal in a famous 2-0 win at Arsenal for his 7th premier league goal of the season (he would only net I think 4 more that season). When you consider where he was at 22, it's difficult to say he hasn't underachieved in the years since bar a good follow up 09/10 season and good end to last season. Although our attacking quality has diminished over those years. He was outstanding in 08/09, I'll never forget how good he was that season, good post Chris agree with all of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 agree, thought he was unplayable at times and then we signed Heskey and played them together and then well we know what happened after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Agreed zatman, it was a real shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 So its all Heskey's fault then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 If he plays against West Brom I think he'll do very well. He's always been a big game/derby player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myko Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 So its all Heskey's fault then Literally, everything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Gabby in both 08/09 and 09/10 was superb, he hit his peak at a very young age. He has still shown glimpses that he is capable of that at the beginning of the 11/12 season and at the end of the 12/13 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 How can Withe say that Gabby lacks the work rate? He's one of, if not our hardest working player on the field. I presume he is talking about pro-active work, rather than re-active work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Lukaku modelling his game on Gabby's Christian is used to 4-4-2 at Villa, and it can be the same with Belgium, because I can go on the same sort of runs Gabby Agbonlahor does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) Gabby is by far not the worst player in our team, but as has been pointed out, his goal scoring performance is passive. His overall record is quite good, that's because statistics can't be trusted to tell you the full story. Gabby has scored some really important goals over the years, against some really important teams, but what he struggles to do is get " bread and butter" goals when you need them like Shearer did. He can't seem to muster one up when you want to win a game ( not consistently anyway) Gabby is fundamentally what's wrong with Aston Villa.....just Que Sera Sera... never much urgency, just, you will get what you get. I don't want to see Gabby leave, I've just settled in to my own snug little way of watching the games with my Que Sera Sera attitude to it all. Ps Gabby isn't the only one to make a lucrative career out of it,( being passive that is) Lee Hendrie did too. Edited November 20, 2013 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I thought Lukaku was a student of the game....we haven't played 4-4-2 for ages, o.k maybe against Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Norwich we played 442 also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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