Gabriel Agbonlahor pledges entire career to Aston Villa

[Witton Warrior]

A beacon of light in the gathering gloom

Go on and become a Villa legend Gabby...

[hipkiss92]

He's still only 23, could break both our appearance and goalscoring records if he stays for his entire career

[Villa'Zawg]

Just imagine if he is as improved again when he gets going as he was last season. A proper player.

[not3bad]

And hopefully with some good service this season with Ireland and Albrighton on board.

[TimTheVillain]

Nice one Gabby, Villa through and through means it's hard to play for another club with as much enthusiasm.

Positive news at last.

[Clampy]

It's a nice story to hear amongst the doom and gloom. He's got the potential to be a very good player. Needs to work on his one on one's though.

[olaftab]

That is what I like to hear ..especially  from home grown boys.

[StMalachy]

Hyperbole
(pronounced /haɪˈpɜrbəli/,[1] from ancient Greek ὑπερβολή 'exaggeration') is a rhetorical device in which statements are exaggerated. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.

Stevie Ireland pledged his entire life to Man City just a year ago - so Gabby quit pulling the piss and score a  "winning"  goal this weekend - you know like... an important goal.
Thats what the fans need.

Yeah, because he's never bagged any 'important' goals for us, has he?

Pillock.

Let me put it another way then,  a winning goal against Everton will make everyone sit up 100 times more than
media comments "designed" to put a positive spin on the shambles of the last few weeks.
After all scoring winning goals is what he's paid for.
Now if he said Im going to  bust my ass and go for 20 league goals this season . . . . .
and thereby get himself up to the next level in world class terms
I like Gabby but he's got more to deliver.
That goes double for Petrov and his media comments. Pure drivel.
Players do their talking on the pitch and leave the spinning to the murky wheeler dealers in the wings.

Pillock ! indeed.  Whats the matter ? did i touch a "soft" spot

[Somniloquism]

Let me put it another way then,  a winning goal against Everton will make everyone sit up 100 times more than
media comments "designed" to put a positive spin on the shambles of the last few weeks.
After all scoring winning goals is what he's paid for.

So if he isn't injured and does play but scores the first goal in a 2-1 win then he hasn't done his job as the "winning" goal is what he needs to score. Does that count double?

[supertom]

Good news. We need some, because Ash will be out the door within a year imo.

[diand]

Not very often these days a player is willing to put loyalty before ego development.  What's good about it too is that it might send a message out to some of the younger players that a senior member of the team is willing to make such a pledge.  Great.

[Toronto Villa]

You give Gabby the right partner or supply and he's a got all the ingredients to be a top PL forward. If he can stay free of injuries which is always concerning for a speedy player then he can go on to much greater things. In a period of great uncertainty it's always good to see one of our own pledging their future to the club he loves and has grown up with.

[TheSandman]

Hyperbole
(pronounced /haɪˈpɜrbəli/,[1] from ancient Greek ὑπερβολή 'exaggeration') is a rhetorical device in which statements are exaggerated. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.

Stevie Ireland pledged his entire life to Man City just a year ago - so Gabby quit pulling the piss and score a  "winning"  goal this weekend - you know like... an important goal.
Thats what the fans need.

I thought your self important tripe in the post-match thread on Thursday was your 'last post' on this site?

I also believe Ireland was largely forced out. I assume if we did that to Gabby he'd sling his hook like Ireland did.

Whereas I'm far from certain he actually will stay with Villa all his career but I don't think you can ever accuse him of shirking from the scoring in important matches. Indeed, he is perhaps the only player we have who makes a habit of it.

[joecrow]

after a week of piss taking and abuse finally some good news. delighted

[TopDeck113]

A Good quote that pushes all the right buttons with the fans, but in reality we all know that things change quickly in football.

E.g.

(1) He suffers a serious knee injury tomorrow and after a series of operations he fails to regain the pace that made him the player he is.  We'll sell him.

(2) He knocks goals in for fun for the next couple of seasons, while we as club still fail to break through the glass ceiling. He realises that he won't play CL football for us and wants to whilst he's in his prime. Then Man City or whoever make an offer we can't refuse. He'll be on his way.