Gabby is having minor surgery.

[Shrek]

Gabby is booked in for minor surgery on monday.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11677_6418367,00.html

[CJ]

Groin op apparently. Maybe the snip?;-)

[Shrek]

Hopefully Delboy gets a chance, while he is out.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Really is time for Heskey to prove he can do the business. At least Gabby will be properly fit for the "scum" he always scores ............

[olaftab]

Minor surgery ..is it brain?

[darren woolley]

I just hope that's the last of is injuries this season.

[eamonn]

He's not looked right since the start of the season so hopefully this will sort it.

[Rigadon]

Always a worry when a player like Gabby has injuries requiring surgery.  Fingers crossed he gets it sorted.

[TheSandman]

When's he back?

We're missing him.

[SoccerHQ]

Didn't GH say he'd only miss the Chelsea and Sunderland games?

We need him back a.s.a.p, hopefully get some minutes against Burnley to get him ready for the Derby.

For the 4-5-1 to properly function, we need his pace to stretch defences as for all of Heskey's good form we don't carry a sufficent goal threat with him as the lone forward.

[ROBBO]

Any update on when he'll be back.

[UsualSuspect]

We have really missed Gabby and deperately need his pace up front.

However, I think it is wishful thinking if we expect him to be magically fit for the Smal heath game when he hasnt played competitively for a month. Plus the last time I saw him against Blackburn he looked maa stone  overweight which is unusual for him.

[Matt Collins]

I agree we need him back for his goal threat. But I don't think you can say Emile hasn't enabled us to play the 4-2-3-1 properly.. His hold up play has been brilliant. But he won't get more than 5 goals even if he plays all season.

I was going to say we can't possibly afford to do that. Although I do have a vague impression that Valencia won the league with Carew playing the lone striker role and only scoring once all season. That doesn't sound possible though!

[Surrey Villain]

I agree we need him back for his goal threat. But I don't think you can say Emile hasn't enabled us to play the 4-2-3-1 properly.. His hold up play has been brilliant. But he won't get more than 5 goals even if he plays all season.

I was going to say we can't possibly afford to do that. Although I do have a vague impression that Valencia won the league with Carew playing the lone striker role and only scoring once all season. That doesn't sound possible t

I agree we need him back for his goal threat. But I don't think you can say Emile hasn't enabled us to play the 4-2-3-1 properly.. His hold up play has been brilliant. But he won't get more than 5 goals even if he plays all season.

I was going to say we can't possibly afford to do that. Although I do have a vague impression that Valencia won the league with Carew playing the lone striker role and only scoring once all season. That doesn't sound possible though!

I don't recall much about Valencia but presumably they had support strikers who played off Carew and scored the goals.  We don't seem to have ANY effective strikers at the moment so the best ambition at the start of a game is a 0-0 draw!

[Phil from the upper holte]

According to Physio room no return date