The Gabby Appreciation Thread - Update: 4 year deal

[Duncan Shaw]

Well I thought it was a lucky goal as the ball hit him on the head while he was trying to get out of the way of it.  Like the one at Old trafford last season.  He's shite that boy, utter shite!

[olaftab]

In fact he tried to clear it over the bar  by bending his neck to an almost impossible position but got it completely wrong and it ended up in the net ..well there we are!

[olaftab]

Big up the Erdington massive!

Sorry bro heez frum Nechells my end of the woods!
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Slade road is in erdington and that is his manor.Fact.
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Fuckin' star!

Big up the Erdington massive!

Sorry bro heez frum Nechells my end of the woods!

He's from Erdington.

Don't care what you lot say ..he is from Nechells always was and always will be ...SO THERE!

[supertom]

As long as Houllier plays to his strengths like O Neill did, we'll see the best of Gabby, and he's still a game-changer on his day. Well, well worth keeping for life, because he works his bollocks off and loves the club. I feel he'll be the loyal sort, like Le Tiss at Southampton was.

On his best form he'll be ideal foil for Benty. I look forward to them both striking a proper partnership together next season. Hopefully Houllier has learnt that we look better when everyone plays in their correct position. We also look better with 2 up top. If you play one up, Gabby has to stay on the bench. I would say he's still one of our most dangerous attacking players, so should start most games. You aint gonna drop Bent, so logically, we're better with two up.

[Dave P]

Up front he is worth keeping but I still wont shed a tear if he was sold for stupid money.  If he is playing on the wing, then he may as well not be on the pitch at all.

[cdward]

Count me in on the Gabby love in.
Has shown to his credit this season to have the right attitude. It's obvious he doesn't relish playing wide, but he has got on with it, and played wherever he has been told. Committed himself to the club, when he signed up to a 5 year contract, unlike others (cough Ashley).
Livin' the dream, just like Paul Birch, and Ian Taylor, local boy gets to play for his local team, and the sheer enjoyment at scoring the winner at the sty could only be enjoyed by one of our own, oh yes and he is from Erdington.
In my opinion he is still improving, only concern would be when the pace goes, but that is a while yet.
That goal will do him good, and i reckon he will score a few more before the season finishes.

[Chris Smith]

Big up the Erdington massive!

Sorry bro heez frum Nechells my end of the woods!

Slade road is in erdington and that is his manor.Fact.
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Fuckin' star!

Big up the Erdington massive!

Sorry bro heez frum Nechells my end of the woods!

He's from Erdington.

Don't care what you lot say ..he is from Nechells always was and always will be ...SO THERE!
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This is going to get nasty.

B7 and B23 at war.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Gabby only has one position And that is striker. He has no technical ability but brought on as a supporting striker to Bent he can change games with tired defenders. Love him for his loyalty but a clever striker who has vision and can take away attention from Bent would be more effective .......

[JJ-AV]

50 league goals now. Where's that list?

[Irish villain]

Gabby always delivers when he's needed.... Hope he has a good season as he's usually worth a good 13 or 14 league golas if on form.

[UsualSuspect]

Gabby only has one position And that is striker. He has no technical ability but brought on as a supporting striker to Bent he can change games with tired defenders. Love him for his loyalty but a clever striker who has vision and can take away attention from Bent would be more effective .......

Agree

[Villanation]

Villa, Villa, Gabby is Aston Villa, He is probably one of the most underrated front men in the Premiership, look at any Villa side without him in and then compare the same side with Gabby in there and on form and that's in spite of Darren Bent or Ashley Young, Stuart Downing or pretty much anybody else over the past 3/4 seasons.

All this business about him looking awkward, not having a football brain, crap first touch and all the rest of that b*ll*ks is simply not understanding the player, as one of the pundits said about Armero for Udinese last night, "some of these players now move that fast, that its almost impossible for them to slow it down and do the simple things, they look of balance". That's the nature of Gabbs, and that's the price you pay for pace and power and he's faster than Armero and a better player altogether.

Said this a million times, if Gabby was fronting and Arsenal or Liverpool side ( and if Carrol is worth 34ML Gabby is worth a lot more) in front of midfielder's that can supply him right Gabby would be on auto for England and recognized and feared throughout the game. seriously believe that.

All that said he needs this season, no question because Houllier and injuries knocked his career of course last season, could have done a lot of damage, so we wait and see, but looking at that marvellous goal v Blackburn say's to me there is a lot more in Gabby's locker for all of us to wonder at.

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Somebody tell me in this next one some of his moves here aren't utter skill, awareness and great first touch, its been a hard day I need a good laugh.

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[Holtenderinthesky]

I love him, if only he had better composure when in a one on one he'd be a real superstar.  Still, he is one of the best headers of a ball in the Prem for me.  How many headed goals has he scored for us?  Most of them away from home too.  Blues away twice, Man U away, West Ham away, there's a bit of a theme here.

EDIT:  In fact I can't think of a headed goal at Villa Park, many away but at home........?   

[Villanation]

Just another little point to this....

Could anybody ever imagine a situation where there you are sitting in front of the box on a Saturday night, getting settled in for MOTD, feet up, can of your finest and then you see Gabby scoring for another team, in another clubs colours, running over to the crowd as he does, doing all that business he does.......................can you imagine, its like the most impossible vision in the history of football.

[Toronto Villa]

Big up the Erdington massive!

Sorry bro heez frum Nechells my end of the woods!

Slade road is in erdington and that is his manor.Fact.

Fuckin' star!

Big up the Erdington massive!

Sorry bro heez frum Nechells my end of the woods!

He's from Erdington.

Don't care what you lot say ..he is from Nechells always was and always will be ...SO THERE!
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This is going to get nasty.

B7 and B23 at war.
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I can just see kebabs drawn at the ready. I spoke to him a couple of years back on the US tour and he told me he was from Erdington.