The Gabby Appreciation Thread - Update: 4 year deal

[class-of-82]

As far as I'm concerned he gives 100% every time he pulls on that villa shirt and that for me sums it up. 

Rest my case mlud rest my case
Oh lord rest my case

[bill]

As far as I'm concerned he gives 100% every time he pulls on that villa shirt and that for me sums it up. 

Rest my case mlud rest my case
Oh lord rest my case

Simply not true. Have been loads of occasions when he simply doesn't look interested.

[class-of-82]

When I have watched him he always gives 100% or I am watching someone else
When things are not going right it is easy to say he don't look interested but there is one hell of a list of players who look less interested than him.
I some times wondered what petrov brought to the team but when he wasn't there it made me realise he was the glue that held us all together.
and that is exactly what I think when gabby is not playing

[supertom]

I think the fact that Gabby doesn't run around and chase defenders for 90 minutes of every game is more an indication that he can't do it as often these days have had quite a few niggling injuries. He has to pick and choose when he goes on a surge. I don't think it's any lack of effort on his part. It's just part and parcel of what happens to pace players once the hit 25. Injuries become more frequent, and combined with his weight training he hasn't got the stamina or recovery he did 3-4 years ago.

Ultimately it will benefit Gab and us, when we can use him as an impact player as opposed to playing every game in which is able to. At the moment we don't have that luxury.

[Rigadon]

As far as I'm concerned he gives 100% every time he pulls on that villa shirt and that for me sums it up. 

Rest my case mlud rest my case
Oh lord rest my case

Simply not true. Have been loads of occasions when he simply doesn't look interested.

I honestly don't think a professional player would get away with 'not being interested'.  They are now paid astronomical amounts of money, so for somebody to be picked every time they are fit indicates to me that they are playing for the manager.

Look at Ben Arfa at Newcastle - the fans love him for his flair, but he doesn't get a game.  Is Gabby in that mould?  Not for me.  He isn't a luxury player at all.

He isn't world class, has never been world class.  But if you think he doesn't warrant a place in our squad (or indeed team) I disagree.

[Vegas]

As far as I'm concerned he gives 100% every time he pulls on that villa shirt and that for me sums it up. 

Rest my case mlud rest my case
Oh lord rest my case

Simply not true. Have been loads of occasions when he simply doesn't look interested.

Agree. And furthermore, irrelevant - or at least something that should go without saying.  I too would give 100%- and I am definitely not worth a new £40k a week 4 year deal.

[Vegas]

Football is a bit strange like that.  You would definitely not get that sort of comment about, say, a guitarist: "he tries 100% to play the guitar well every time he plays".

Of course he bloody does.

[Isa]

Ultimately, whether he gives his all or not doesn't change the fact that he offers next to nothing for the majority of the season. The decision to award him a new contract was purely down to sentimentality, nothing more.

[Percy McCarthy]

Ultimately, whether he gives his all or not doesn't change the fact that he offers next to nothing for the majority of the season. The decision to award him a new contract was purely down to sentimentality, nothing more.

Yes,  it's obvious that Villa are going through a 'let's throw lots of money around just for old times sake' phase.

Some people don't think he's any good, some disagree. But to think that the people who awarded him a multi-million pound contract are in the former camp, but are just sentimental, is ridiculous.

[saunders_heroes]

Ultimately, whether he gives his all or not doesn't change the fact that he offers next to nothing for the majority of the season. The decision to award him a new contract was purely down to sentimentality, nothing more.

I very much doubt we'd dish out multi million pound contracts on sentimentality alone. What absolute tosh.

[Isa]

I genuinely don't believe that another player (who wasn't considered a club hero) would've got the same deal had they performed to the standard Gabby has in recent times.

[Percy McCarthy]

I've been smoking since I was nine, Gabby would beat me in a race even if I was on my pushbike, and I haven't played in a proper game of football since I was fifteen. But I've loved the Villa all my life, so I'm gonna write to Randy asking for a few million quid on sentiment alone.

I wonder how I'll get on?

[Dr Butler]

I've been smoking since I was nine, Gabby would beat me in a race even if I was on my pushbike, and I haven't played in a proper game of football since I was fifteen. But I've loved the Villa all my life, so I'm gonna write to Randy asking for a few million quid on sentiment alone.

I wonder how I'll get on?

let me know as I love the Villa more than you....

[Dante Lavelli]

I genuinely don't believe that another player (who wasn't considered a club hero) would've got the same deal had they performed to the standard Gabby has in recent times.

You're missing another significant point.  This is not just about how good gabby is, it's also about protecting our asset.  Had we let his contract expire we would have got zero.  Based on last summer's transfers he's probably worth in excess of £10m.  Even more if we had to buy a replacement.

[Rudy65]

Looking at what a great sight that away end is has given me cause to list the most mental I have gone in celebration of a goal.

I am thinking Gabby at the Sty in '07, Gabby at the Sty in '09, Gabby at West Ham in '11 and Young at Goodison (through ball by Gabby) in '07.

I don't think there is another sport other than football where you see such a  ridiculousl explosion of pandimonium from fans in celebration of goals, especially last minute winners. 

I caught a bit of St Helens beating Wigan on the weekend and sure they were happy, but they didn't look as overjoyed as us in that video.

Spot on Ads.

I actually watch some goals just to see the reaction of the fans, particularly away fans.

2007 was the best for that and not just because I was there. The thick lip afterward wasnt so pleasant.

2007 v Blose ranks in my top 5 live Villa moments, Rotterdam and Highbury being the top 2