Gabby Agbonlahor

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Being rested for Wednesday.

Bradley and Bannan to come in alongside NRC, is what I predict.

[madirishvillain]

when GH told/asked Gabby to lay off the weights and trim down a bit, Gabby said no....basically


that sealed gabby's fate imo

[Dave Cooper please]

There will be rotation.

But when you spend £18 million rising to £24 million on a player, he's unlikely to be one of those who drops out, short of enforced absences such as injury/ suspension.

I don't know, I can't see Randy putting any pressure on Hotlips to play Bent every game, so if he wants to rotate him, he will.

[Phil from the upper holte]

when GH told/asked Gabby to lay off the weights and trim down a bit, Gabby said no....basically


that sealed gabby's fate imo

That was ages ago he's played quite a few times since

[avfc_1874]

He is just not good enough. I can't fault his workrate but that counts for nothing when you don't have the ability. It wouldn't surprise me if he does get shipped out.

[cdbearsfan]

I think we should buy Odewingwe to play alongside Bent. Gabby can be our Solsjkaer, big clubs need rotation options. 4-4-2 is the future. England will never drop Rooney so if Bent wants international football he needs to learn how to play two up front. Bent+Odemwingwe (with Gabby as impact sub)= loads of goals.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Bit worried for Gabby. Cannot see where Houllier is going to play him. He has not got the ability to play behind Bent, and he is shit on the wing

[brontebilly]

I'd be worried about him too really. Thought he was excellent last season for us. 16 goals, superb performance in Carling Cup final too. He was a MON type player and ever since he left he hasn't been the same player. I really thought as a lone striker he had the makings of a good one while possibly becoming a 20 goal a season man.

He has had an injury plagued season but his head hasn't been right either. He hasn't tried a leg at times, Blackburn away for one. Definitely has too much weight on him and hasn't looked happy. Wonder if he has personal problems.

With Bent as number one, gabby will have some job to get that place back. He is utterly shite on the wing but away from home his pace is certainly an attribute. Thought he had an excellent first half at Blackpool. Whatever about Bent, gabby can't play with anyone up front either. A tricky one to figure out really.

Wouldn't mind the Fonz heading out on loan somewhere. Hard to know how many chances he will get considering our formation at present. I genuinely think he will score goals if given a chance

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

You will all eat your words when Gabby nets a couple on Wednesday.

[Guy M]

Bit worried for Gabby. Cannot see where Houllier is going to play him. He has not got the ability to play behind Bent, and he is shit on the wing

I thought Houllier's mentioning of the bench's positive reaction to yesterday's goals was telling. Assuming Gabby was one of those reacting positively, I think and hope we'll see him start on Wednesday.

[Chris Smith]

I think we might see a lot of this type of thread until we all get used to the manager's rotation policy.

[PaulWinch again]

Bit worried for Gabby. Cannot see where Houllier is going to play him. He has not got the ability to play behind Bent, and he is shit on the wing

I thought Houllier's mentioning of the bench's positive reaction to yesterday's goals was telling. Assuming Gabby was one of those reacting positively, I think and hope we'll see him start on Wednesday.

Gabby looked happy enough on the bench yesterday, so I don't think there's much to worry about.

[WikiVilla]

Silly thread, he's our player with a new long term contract, he will get games just not every week, he is needed to keep bent on his toes if nothing else

[The Left Side]

Gabby didn't look happy when he picked Heskey to come off the bench instead of him yesterday.

[Mister E]

I think we might see a lot of this type of thread until we all get used to the manager's rotation policy.

Agreed  - there seems to be a large amount of unsubstantiated stuff above articulated as ITK.