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I guess we are all saying the same thing ?

consistency

at least a bit more than we have seen over the years

I think he was at his best when he had Big John Carew playing in front of him. Benteke turns up and Gabby has another blinder. That is no coincidence.

The last 2 managers played him wide - if they played him at all - where he is mostly ineffectual. His best position has always been when facing goal running at/through/around defenses to get himself in a scoring position. The easiest way to do this is to have him run off a target man who can hold play up and lay balls into his path.

I think consistently playing him just behind Benteke would bring more consistent performances.

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Will just be nice to have his pace back in the side to push opposition players back a bit and leave space for our midfield to actually exploit with passing football as opposed to hoofball.

Gabby is now one of our more senior/experienced players and, like Bent, CNZ and Ireland, has to step up.

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Not a bad article with Gab:

Erdington-born Agbonlahor has an impressive scoring record in clashes with Villa's local rivals since making his debut six years ago.

He has seen other big name players such as Gareth Barry, James Milner, Ashley Young and Stewart Downing quit Villa in recent seasons.

But Agbonlahor, who scored twice in the midweek Capital One Cup success over Manchester City, is content with life under Paul Lambert.

Agbonlahor said: "Will I ever leave? You can never say never, but as long as the club want me here - I've got two years and an option for another year - then I will stay.

"If the club wants to keep me and I'm happy, I will stay at the club for the rest of my career.

"You can say I haven't had a move, I haven't had this or that, but I'm happy to be at Aston Villa.

"If those players (Milner, Young, Barry, Downing) had been homegrown players, you never know what their choice would have been.

"For me even if a big club had come in for me, they would have known that I wanted to stay here. It's different for me."

Agbonlahor is often the target for rival fans in derby clashes but admits it spurs him on.

He said: "As you know, I get a lot of stick from the fans with the songs that they sing, but that doesn't bother me.

"I think when you hear the fans giving you some stick, you just want to shut them up.

"You hear a lot when you're playing, you hear fans saying that he's not the same player that he used to be.

"But, for me, that just urges me on and hopefully the performance against Manchester City will shut a few people up."

Agbonlahor has no doubts that the group of foreign players brought in by Villa this summer will appreciate the significance of the derby.

He said: "People ask whether derbies mean more to a homegrown player and you could say that.

"But, before the game, it is drilled into the players what a derby is like.

"They will have played derbies in the past for other teams so they know what it is like and what to expect."

Agbonlahor can see similarities between former Villa boss Martin O'Neill and Lambert who regards the Irishman as his mentor.

The Villa striker said: "I think you can see a lot of similarities, especially as he (Lambert) had a spell with Martin so he's obviously picked up a few things.

"You can tell what he is like on the touchline, similar to what Martin was like when he was here, jumping up and down.

"I think he is passionate about the game like Martin was. It can help, if you get that encouragement from the side especially with a lot of the younger lads.

"There are also similarities between now and the start of Martin's time at Villa. We had signings then that were young like we have made now."

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"Even if a big club come in for me" :(

As a Villa fan, if I was a pro player and at my club, those words would never pass my lips! Gabby, you owe us a goal for that one!

Nah, he didn't say 'bigger club' just big club, which is perfectly diplomatic.

Still owes us a goal though!

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Not another person with these silly O'Neill comparisons. Just stick to playing instead of talking, Gabby. ;)

"Even if a big club come in for me" :(

As a Villa fan, if I was a pro player and at my club, those words would never pass my lips! Gabby, you owe us a goal for that one!

Nah, he didn't say 'bigger club' just big club, which is perfectly diplomatic.

Still owes us a goal though!

The diplomatic thing to say would've been bigger club. Oh well.
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Not another person with these silly O'Neill comparisons. Just stick to playing instead of talking, Gabby. ;)

"Even if a big club come in for me" :(

As a Villa fan, if I was a pro player and at my club, those words would never pass my lips! Gabby, you owe us a goal for that one!

Nah, he didn't say 'bigger club' just big club, which is perfectly diplomatic.

Still owes us a goal though!

The diplomatic thing to say would've been bigger club. Oh well.

What we are reading here are answers to a journalist's questions. Gabby possibly didn't even bring up the terms "big club" or "bigger club" - the journalist may have used the words in his/her questions and Gabby responded.

The fact of the matter is that no club is bigger than Villa for Gabby and he doesn't want to go anywhere. I hope the same attitude has been drummed into the rest of our young lads - if we all pull together we can win all the trophies we want at Villa Park.

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I guess we are all saying the same thing ?

consistency

at least a bit more than we have seen over the years

What Villa players have been constantly good over the last few years? Not many that's for sure. Gabby's stats speak for itself. He may not be the most consistently good centre forward, but he's still scored 50+ league goals for us.

I'll take him over a perennially useless Stephen Ireland any day.

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I guess we are all saying the same thing ?

consistency

at least a bit more than we have seen over the years

What Villa players have been constantly good over the last few years? Not many that's for sure. Gabby's stats speak for itself. He may not be the most consistently good centre forward, but he's still scored 50+ league goals for us.

I'll take him over a perennially useless Stephen Ireland any day.

:lol: I despair.

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"Even if a big club come in for me" :(

As a Villa fan, if I was a pro player and at my club, those words would never pass my lips! Gabby, you owe us a goal for that one!

Ya dam him for showing loyalty. Anyone criticizing Gabby for his use of English is clearly nuts!

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  • 4 weeks later...

I said at the start of the season he will not make double figures this season, unfortunately I've seen nothing to change that. People blame it on 'oh, but he's being played wide', the reason managers try him out wide is because he his finishing is poor and they realise his only outstanding attribute is his pace.

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