AshVillain Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I liken Gabby to that nephew that everyone has - you know the one - always breaks something at whatever family gathering is going on. Everytime he misses a one on one I chuckle and say to myself 'awwwwwwww Gaaaabbbbyyyy'. My personal opinion is that he should spend the rest of his football career with us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I would still characterize Gabby as our talisman. Love him and really he should have got an England call up to play against Ireland and Brazil, but unfortunately for Gabby he doesn't play for the op 5. He was at times unplayable at the tail end of last season. Whats particularly impressed me with Gabby is how far he's come technically. Last season I saw him pinging cross field balls and his passing and link up play has come on heaps and bounds. When he's on form theirs not many English wingers better than him. When he is on form I don't think there are any English strikers that can play the lone forward role as well as him, I really think he could do a job for England in the games where we are mostly on the back foot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) I would still characterize Gabby as our talisman. Love him and really he should have got an England call up to play against Ireland and Brazil, but unfortunately for Gabby he doesn't play for the op 5. He was at times unplayable at the tail end of last season. Whats particularly impressed me with Gabby is how far he's come technically. Last season I saw him pinging cross field balls and his passing and link up play has come on heaps and bounds. When he's on form theirs not many English wingers better than him. When he is on form I don't think there are any English strikers that can play the lone forward role as well as him, I really think he could do a job for England in the games where we are mostly on the back foot. He doesn't play for Liverpool or one of the top clubs so Hodgson will never pick him. It's strange, because Gabby's very good physically and could definitely play well with Hodgson's pre-historic caveman football. How the likes of Welbeck and Andy **** Carroll get called up ahead of him is beyond me. Doesn't seem to bother Gabby too much though. Didn't he come out recently saying Villa will always be more important to him than England? Edited June 30, 2013 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I can't remember a more clutch player in my time supporting Villa. Don't know how one man can be in the right place at the right time so often. Clutch player? Never heard that phrase before Go into the New York Giants thread. The 2 Giants fans use it every other sentence In that case we want none of this sort of talk on a web site about a British football team. Harrumph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Of course I love Benteke & Weimann but deep down Gabby will always be my favourite. Hasn't been as good as he used to be a few years ago but his form really picked up in the 2nd half of last season, I'm hoping he'll be able to push on and keep it going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Thankfully Lambert won't pick Agbonlahor on sentimentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biskitt Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 12 goals from 28 starts ( + 5 as sub ) is really not a bad return for essentially a wide player ( better than 1 in 3 ). He also got 3 winners in games against fellow relegation strugglers ( Sunderland, Reading and Norwich ) and also the crucial equaliser against QPR which shows just how important he is to us. I do think he's growing into this wide forward role and if he can have a similar or better season this time, I'll be well happy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambridge-AVFC Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I would still characterize Gabby as our talisman. Love him and really he should have got an England call up to play against Ireland and Brazil, but unfortunately for Gabby he doesn't play for the op 5. He was at times unplayable at the tail end of last season. Whats particularly impressed me with Gabby is how far he's come technically. Last season I saw him pinging cross field balls and his passing and link up play has come on heaps and bounds. When he's on form theirs not many English wingers better than him. When he is on form I don't think there are any English strikers that can play the lone forward role as well as him, I really think he could do a job for England in the games where we are mostly on the back foot. He doesn't play for Liverpool or one of the top clubs so Hodgson will never pick him. It's strange, because Gabby's very good physically and could definitely play well with Hodgson's pre-historic caveman football. How the likes of Welbeck and Andy **** Carroll get called up ahead of him is beyond me. Doesn't seem to bother Gabby too much though. Didn't he come out recently saying Villa will always be more important to him than England? Amazing that Welbeck(who scored 1 goal all season) gets ahead of Gabby. But I guess its Gabby's fault for not being a youngster who plays for Man Utd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 30, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2013 I was watching all of Gabby's goals on AVTV earlier, and randomly pressed pause, and when I did I had this image on my screen and it made me laugh... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyavfc Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 hahaa that's brilliant. Looks like an angel. Angel Gabriel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PieFacE Posted June 30, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2013 hahahah... good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Our own Archangel Gabriel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I can't remember a more clutch player in my time supporting Villa. Don't know how one man can be in the right place at the right time so often. Clutch player? Never heard that phrase before Go into the New York Giants thread. The 2 Giants fans use it every other sentence Do yanks even know what a 'clutch' is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killeen30 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Automatic for the people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I would still characterize Gabby as our talisman. Love him and really he should have got an England call up to play against Ireland and Brazil, but unfortunately for Gabby he doesn't play for the op 5. He was at times unplayable at the tail end of last season. Whats particularly impressed me with Gabby is how far he's come technically. Last season I saw him pinging cross field balls and his passing and link up play has come on heaps and bounds. When he's on form theirs not many English wingers better than him. When he is on form I don't think there are any English strikers that can play the lone forward role as well as him, I really think he could do a job for England in the games where we are mostly on the back foot. He doesn't play for Liverpool or one of the top clubs so Hodgson will never pick him. It's strange, because Gabby's very good physically and could definitely play well with Hodgson's pre-historic caveman football. How the likes of Welbeck and Andy **** Carroll get called up ahead of him is beyond me. Doesn't seem to bother Gabby too much though. Didn't he come out recently saying Villa will always be more important to him than England? I dont think Gabby wants to play for England, didnt he reject a few call-ups under Capello and maybe Hodgson doesnt want him if not fully commited to the cause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2355740/WAGs-train-charity-football-match.html Apparently Emile Heskey's wife has organised a WAG football game for charity this is her in action Then i noticed Agbonlahor's Missus was involved as well She's the one in white in the centre. Looks quite composed on the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Gabby's birds could have formed a full squad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I would still characterize Gabby as our talisman. Love him and really he should have got an England call up to play against Ireland and Brazil, but unfortunately for Gabby he doesn't play for the op 5. He was at times unplayable at the tail end of last season. Whats particularly impressed me with Gabby is how far he's come technically. Last season I saw him pinging cross field balls and his passing and link up play has come on heaps and bounds. When he's on form theirs not many English wingers better than him. When he is on form I don't think there are any English strikers that can play the lone forward role as well as him, I really think he could do a job for England in the games where we are mostly on the back foot. He doesn't play for Liverpool or one of the top clubs so Hodgson will never pick him. It's strange, because Gabby's very good physically and could definitely play well with Hodgson's pre-historic caveman football. How the likes of Welbeck and Andy **** Carroll get called up ahead of him is beyond me. Doesn't seem to bother Gabby too much though. Didn't he come out recently saying Villa will always be more important to him than England? I dont think Gabby wants to play for England, didnt he reject a few call-ups under Capello and maybe Hodgson doesnt want him if not fully commited to the cause Not that I remember. Think he might have pulled out a couple of times because of injury but that's it. Let's face it, Hodgson would pick Gabby if he played for one of the top clubs or Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Daveburnside Posted July 4, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2013 I would still characterize Gabby as our talisman. Love him and really he should have got an England call up to play against Ireland and Brazil, but unfortunately for Gabby he doesn't play for the op 5. He was at times unplayable at the tail end of last season. Whats particularly impressed me with Gabby is how far he's come technically. Last season I saw him pinging cross field balls and his passing and link up play has come on heaps and bounds. When he's on form theirs not many English wingers better than him. When he is on form I don't think there are any English strikers that can play the lone forward role as well as him, I really think he could do a job for England in the games where we are mostly on the back foot. He doesn't play for Liverpool or one of the top clubs so Hodgson will never pick him. It's strange, because Gabby's very good physically and could definitely play well with Hodgson's pre-historic caveman football. How the likes of Welbeck and Andy **** Carroll get called up ahead of him is beyond me. Doesn't seem to bother Gabby too much though. Didn't he come out recently saying Villa will always be more important to him than England? I dont think Gabby wants to play for England, didnt he reject a few call-ups under Capello and maybe Hodgson doesnt want him if not fully commited to the cause Not that I remember. Think he might have pulled out a couple of times because of injury but that's it. Let's face it, Hodgson would pick Gabby if he played for one of the top clubs or Liverpool. Gabby never pulls out. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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