The Gabby Appreciation Thread - Update: 4 year deal

[Villanation]

Well said toronto villa:

Just for good measure

http://www.acorns.org.uk/astonvilla

That picture in itself speaks volumes for me.

[Chris Smith]

It's not a new way to run him down.  I've been saying it for ages, while acknowledgng his good points.   So have quite a few others.  You just dismiss everything you disagree with as a cliche, or say it's silly, or put it down to lack of knowledge.  Change the record for fuck's sake.  And, as with Petrov's forward passes,  you still haven't provided any examples of his clever runs to create space for others. 

There are people with far more patience than me who have provided you with plenty of examples. The problem is you refuse to acknowledge it. You've backed yourself into a corner and  so you're trying to make it personal (again).

[Villanation]

It's not a new way to run him down.  I've been saying it for ages, while acknowledgng his good points.   So have quite a few others.  You just dismiss everything you disagree with as a cliche, or say it's silly, or put it down to lack of knowledge.  Change the record for fuck's sake.  And, as with Petrov's forward passes,  you still haven't provided any examples of his clever runs to create space for others. 

There are people with far more patience than me who have provided you with plenty of examples. The problem is you refuse to acknowledge it. You've backed yourself into a corner and  so you're trying to make it personal (again).

I think the expression is when your in a hole stop digging......hey ho!!!!

[Legion]

Top man

Villa are delighted to announce star striker Gabby Agbonlahor as the official player ambassador for Acorns.

Agbonlahor has already been a big hit on the pitch this season with a dynamic double - including his 50th top-flight goal which puts him second on the all-time Villa list behind Dwight Yorke.

But he's now impressing off the pitch too after agreeing to take on the influential position for the 2011-12 season.

The role, which was previously entrusted to Martin Laursen, will see Gabby being proactive in encouraging team-mates and fans to help out the worthwhile children's charity.

Acorns provides care and support for children and young people who have life-limiting or life threatening conditions - meaning they are unlikely to reach adulthood.

It currently costs over £8m a year to support Acorns - and Gabby is calling on everyone to dig deep to support the networkof hospices, which has bases in Walsall, Selly Oak and Worcester, alongside a team out and about in the community.

Gabby will be getting more closely involved in activities with the children and families and fundraising initiatives, throwing himself fully into the enormous efforts of the charity.

The first activity is to ask supporters to get behind the charity's attempt to set a record for the most amount of money ever raised by football fans during a Barclays Premier League match.

At the Villa v Newcastle game on September 17, legend Paul McGrath will return to Villa Park to ask the fans to donate directly from their mobile phones throughout the game.

Gabby won't be pitchside because he'll be preparing for the big top-flight tussle but he's eager to support Paul by asking fans to get involved in the ace activity.

Gabby said: "I have met several of the children and families supported by Acorns and heard stories of the fantastic work the charity does to help them cope.

"I'm really proud to be the player ambassador for Acorns.

"I'll be taking the responsibility seriously and want to do all I can to help the charity continue with its very important work.

"I'm excited that the first thing I can do is welcome a childhood hero back to Villa Park at the Newcastle game this Saturday.

"Paul McGrath will be asking fans to help set a record using text to donate to Acorns and I am encouraging them to help make it a huge success."

David Strudley, chief executive of Acorns Children's Hospice, added: "The strong relationship between Villa and Acorns is well known but people aren't as aware of the involvement of the players with the charity, behind-the-scenes as well as in the public eye.

"Gabby is a local lad and has visited the hospice on several occasions, and as a father he can really relate to the needs of our children and families.

"Announcing him as ambassador is an exciting next step in Villa's support for Acorns of which we are hugely appreciative. We so look forward to working with him even closer."

[Percy McCarthy]

Didn't he make a donation to the Children's Hospital quite recently?

[Toronto Villa]

Didn't he make a donation to the Children's Hospital quite recently?

I think it was described as a "sizeable six figure donation", or words to that effect. All of this is something he really doesn't have to do, but he seems to be very, very down to earth and appreciative of what he has in life.

[SteveN]

I love Gabby - there, I've said it.

[ktvillan]

There are people with far more patience than me who have provided you with plenty of examples. The problem is you refuse to acknowledge it. You've backed yourself into a corner and  so you're trying to make it personal (again).

Where are these examples? Just to be clear, as in previous posts, I'm referring specifically to the claim you made that Gabby makes runs to drag defenders away and create space for others, which you claimed he does every game.  I've had a scan through the posts and I can't see any examples that back up that particular claim. But tell me which posters and which page  and I'll check the posts.  If I find examples of such runs, I will certainly acknowledge that examples have been provided, I've no problem with that.  Then I might ask the question, where's the proof?  And since, by your own admission, these runs can't be seen on television, there can't possibly be any video evidence of them.   Now with all due respect to posters who may have provided such examples (yet to be established) most on this thread are clearly not impartial, being self-confessed huge fans of Gabby.  So without the possibility of  hard, independent, verifiable evidence to back up their claims, why should anyone believe them?

[Ryu]

KT, you are a really mature, fully grown up adult, unlike me. You would never lower yourself to childish personal jibes, no matter how light hearted.

Edited to avoid offence to the sensitive.

[Chris Smith]

Christ, KT, you're one boring fucker.

This isn't a court of law where you can win your case. Like the majority on this thread I disagree with your hackneyed line about Gabby being thick. We've talked about why but you, seemingly on your own, won't accept it and are demanding we produce evidence as though we had access to all the Sky TV gizmos.

[Ryu]

Chris, can you find every time KT has demanded examples on other threads  and quote them here. Otherwise your point won't count.

[PaulWinch again]

Good lad Gabby.

[ktvillan]

Christ, KT, you're one boring fucker.

This isn't a court of law where you can win your case. Like the majority on this thread I disagree with your hackneyed line about Gabby being thick. We've talked about why but you, seemingly on your own, won't accept it and are demanding we produce evidence as though we had access to all the Sky TV gizmos.

I see I've got you resorting to personal insults. Again.  Just out of interest though, what use would the SKy gizmos be, since the "evidence" can't be picked up by TV?

[ktvillan]

KT, you sound a bit mental.

Mods, is that considered acceptable? 

[Ryu]

If it's not everybody who has ever posted anything about Steven Ireland on this board needs to be banned!