Gabby

[Percy McCarthy]

Gabby is not really bothered much by England and says as much in his interviews.

Pretty sure Capello called him up for three squads in 2010 and he pulled out injured each time.

At least twice. I too get the feeling he's not arsed.

[The Man With A Stick]

Good.  The fewer players we have getting called up for England, the better.  It never, ever does us any favours.

[Big Dick Edwards]

Gabby's really stepped up to the plate recently. He's a wise head in a young team. In this form and with this motivation he's a threat to any team.

[peter w]

By this time he could be on to second cousins in Krygyzstan.
That's a long way to go for a funeral.

I doubt he knows Krygyzstan exists.

Spelled like that he'd be right...

[Louzie0]

By this time he could be on to second cousins in Krygyzstan.
That's a long way to go for a funeral.

I doubt he knows Krygyzstan exists.

Spelled like that he'd be right...

Like he'd be bothered about an extra 'y'. The funeral's the thing!
 

[peter w]

maybe not - but this is Heroes & Pedants. Its Kyrgyzstan. He'll never get to the funeral looking for that other place.

Tut.

[Jimbo]

It's 'it's'.

[Ads]

It's 'it's'.

Capital letter for maybe too.

 

[peter w]

It's 'it's'.

Capital letter for maybe too.

 

Capital letter for maybe too?

You joey.

[Surrey Villain]

Gabby left out again.  What a surprise!  Woy probably thinks he's about 32 because he seems to have been around a long time.
I also suspect Woy was contaminated against Villa by his time at the Tesco bags.
So come on Gabby, a hat-trick on Sunday and prove Woy's a ranker.

[Pete3206]

Gabby left out again. 

Good

[PaulWinch again]

I've said this before and this doesn't really relate to Gabby as he doesn't seem too bothered, but my fear with players not being selected for England is that they might think being at Villa damages their England prospects. I don't want our players being tapped up, but if they have international ambitions they need to know they can fulfill them with Villa under the current England management.

[Steve R]

History suggests that being a Villa player doesn't harm your chances of playing for England at all.

The general rule seems to be that becoming an England player means that you can soon forget about playing for Villa.

Bollocks to Hodgson, if he had half an idea about producing a successful England side he'd select a few of our players, not just Gabby.

[OCD]

Their time might come yet. He's bound to be thinking of the World Cup qualifiers but he might also be thinking that if they continue to progress like they have that they might be part of his plans for the Euro qualifiers. If they were to have really great seasons next year one or two of them might even be late candidates for the World Cup squad.

[bill]

He's not good enough for England. A handful of decent performances and some people go totally overboard. He may score today, I hope he does. But he may just as easily go on another  long barren spell. He's always blown hot and cold.