Nigel Posted March 24, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2014 If we want our beloved team to improve gabby is exactly the type of player we don't need. We need consistent 7 or 8 of 10 players not a 7 once every 9 games Not good enough would rather redmund nani or Townsend in his place We are nowhere near good enough to let Gabby leave. Even with his boom and bust nature he still remains one of our most potent weapons. As if Nani or even Townsend would come here ATM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Don't know why everyone goes on about Gabby is Villa through & through and always supported us? He has stated a few times before he is an Arsenal fan just like Ashley Young, but some people ignore that fact just because he is from Erdington. If a big club did ever come in for him you can bet if we accepted a bid he would be off especially if it concerned a pay rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Gabby is still generally excellent for us away from home, certainly our best away performances this season (Arsenal, Liverpool, Sunderland, Southampton) have been with him as the forefront. But please next season can we not start him every single time when he's fit? Same with Weimann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp_villa830 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 If we want our beloved team to improve gabby is exactly the type of player we don't need. We need consistent 7 or 8 of 10 players not a 7 once every 9 games Not good enough would rather redmund nani or Townsend in his place We are nowhere near good enough to let Gabby leave. Even with his boom and bust nature he still remains one of our most potent weapons. As if Nani or even Townsend would come here ATM. Townsend and Redmond consistent? Pull the other one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Can't believe people are suggesting that Townsend replace Agbonlahor. The same Townsend that has less goals and assists than Agbonlahor this season? Right..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Gabby is shit whether people want to accept it or not. He has scored 3 goals this season we will be lucky if he gets 5. Sidwell has 6 Chamakh has 6 Gayle has 4 Caulker has 4 Kozak has 4 and he broke his leg nearly 3 months ago Nolan, Carlton cole,diame,vaz te & joe cole all have 3 Edited March 25, 2014 by dakid007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodigan Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 gabby is one of lets say two players in our squad that other teams fear and have to bear in mind when setting up their defensive strategy against us... while i agree we need to improve our quality throughout the squad, i don't believe that gabby is anywhere near the top of our priority list... out of the squad we have available to us, dead certs to start in my opinion are guzan, vlaar, delph, benteke, gabby and maybe westwood and KEA.... the rest I think are filled in from a pool of competent but similar quality players... i also think that like carragher in his latest years at liverpool, with such high turnover in the squad over the lambert era, you need to have representatives that you feel are villa through and through.... gabby's still a valuable player for villa to me, and i'd have in our starting XI if fit.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hes been excellent About 10 times since 2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Gabby is shit whether people want to accept it or not. He has scored 3 goals this season we will be lucky if he gets 5. Sidwell has 6 Chamakh has 6 Gayle has 4 Caulker has 4 Kozak has 4 and he broke his leg nearly 3 months ago Nolan, Carlton cole,diame,vaz te & joe cole all have 3 More assists than anyone else in the team. His lack of consistency in front of goal is incredibly frustrating but if you chalked off his contribution this season we'd be 13 points worse off and bottom of the league. Could we get better value for money? Most likely. Do we need him? Definitely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Gabby is shit whether people want to accept it or not. He has scored 3 goals this season we will be lucky if he gets 5. Sidwell has 6 Chamakh has 6 Gayle has 4 Caulker has 4 Kozak has 4 and he broke his leg nearly 3 months ago Nolan, Carlton cole,diame,vaz te & joe cole all have 3 More assists than anyone else in the team. His lack of consistency in front of goal is incredibly frustrating but if you chalked off his contribution this season we'd be 13 points worse off and bottom of the league. Could we get better value for money? Most likely. Do we need him? Definitely. Not as simple as saying that because someone else could have done the same or better My argument is he is not a good football player. He is not a consistant player. If we want more consistant results we need consistant players 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Can't believe people are suggesting that Townsend replace Agbonlahor. The same Townsend that has less goals and assists than Agbonlahor this season? Right..... Yeah but he had a good half of football for England once and became the greatest player of all time for a week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) As simple as saying "X player has more goals"? Edited March 25, 2014 by GarethRDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelboyVilla Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Can still be a useful servant and we should keep him unless we get a silly offer. I agree that he needs to rested or left out sometimes particularly at home. Even at home he could be a real impact player of the bench. We have more concerning areas of the team to address rather than Gabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He should not be an automatic starter next season. Needs competition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) He's very useful as a counter attacking threat. Other than that I'm really not sure what (if anything) he offers. He's still one of our better players though, although that says more about our squad than it does about him. Edited March 25, 2014 by villa89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooh-Ah Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Don't know why everyone goes on about Gabby is Villa through & through and always supported us? He has stated a few times before he is an Arsenal fan just like Ashley Young, but some people ignore that fact just because he is from Erdington. If a big club did ever come in for him you can bet if we accepted a bid he would be off especially if it concerned a pay rise. Has he actually come out and said this? Either way it doesn't really matter. Jamie Carragher was an Evertonian as a kid. Gabby's been here his whole career and he says he wants to stay til he retires. That makes him Villa through and through in my eyes. As for him leaving if a big club came in and offered him a fortune, that's the mootest point ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh621 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) I'm starting to wonder if he even trains to improve, or just turns up and does the drills. I know he offers morale and guidance but what else? Decent for counter attacking but he's been really poor recently. He doesn't HAVE to be past his prime just look at Yaya Toure. Edited March 26, 2014 by tomh621 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 His crossing is a lot better this season, arguably so is his dribbling. I'd actually say he's one of the hardest workers in the summer... He always comes back a slightly different player, albeit not always in a positive way (see the crazy bulking up towards the end of Mon and this seasons dip in finishing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 As I said in this thread in October and got shouted down....start him pretty much every away game as he's still very crucial to our gameplan but really should just be a rotation player at home. If him and Weimann are still automatic starters for VP games next season, it's fair to say we'll be winning our annual 6 home games a season and no more than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) Aston Villa to offer Gabriel Agbonlahor four-year deal Striker poised to commit to club, who will also look to tie down Fabian Delph and captain Ron Vlaar New deal: Gabriel Agbonlahor has one year left on his contract but is poised to begin negotiations with the hierarchy when the season finishes Photo: ACTION IMAGES Gabriel Agbonlahor will be offered a new four-year deal this summer and the chance to remain at Aston Villa for the rest of his career. Villa will discuss a contract extension with Agbonlahor at the end of the season that will ensure the club’s record Premier League scorer will be signed up into his 30s. Agbonlahor, 27, joined the club as a youngster before making his debut in 2006 and is ready to commit his future to Paul Lambert’s team. The longest serving player on Villa’s books has one year left on his deal but is poised to begin negotiations with the hierarchy when the season finishes. Fabian Delph and captain Ron Vlaar are also poised to sign new contracts as Villa move to tie down the majority of their squad for the long-term. Lambert is still in discussions over his own future and is expected to sign an extension before the end of the season as Villa seek stability. Villa were thrashed 4-1 at home by Stoke City and face Manchester United this weekend but are on course to avoid being sucked into a relegation battle Edited March 26, 2014 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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