New Four Year Deal for Gabby

[Chico Hamilton III]

I can't see anywhere in that article that says what he'll be earning. How can anyone say he's worth it if we don't know what "it" is?

How much is he on?

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

I wonder what the reaction would be if he wasn't a fan.

Agbonlahor on top form is a great player to have but how often is he on top form? Three games a season?

So many attacks have been wasted because he doesn't know what to do with the ball. Probably the most frustrating player we have.

[Clark W Griswold]

Better than most of what we have at the moment so has to happen. Still think he's got plenty to offer us going into the next 4 years.
Not so sure about Vlaar, who overall for us has been a polished carthorse, but i guess considering our current situation we could do worse.
Delph is a must, obviously.

[glasses]

He cost us nothing to buy in the first place. He probably still hasn't cost as much as Bent or Ireland yet.

Contributed a huge amount in that time too.

[SoccerHQ]

I think Gabby would be helped by having genuine competition and the opportunity to be a rotation or impact player. When he's been fit he's generally always played since his first full season.
He's been jaded in recent weeks. He probably needs a rest but of course there are no alternatives who will offer anything like the sort of impact on a game that Gabby can.

Get good competition for he and Weimann next season, it'll make them both raise there game, but also give us more options and the ability to rest our better players when they're getting burned out.

With injuries and also now a lot of miles on his clock, I'm not sure Gabby has it in him to play 45 (sometimes more) games a season like he did in his early days under O Neill. He played virtually every game. Now he picks up niggles during seasons, and he's of course getting older too.

Gabby will continue being a key player but for our sake, and partly his, he shouldn't be playing every single week. Being seemingly undroppable too, is not good for any player.

Nail on head.

He should start most times for us away from home but at VP he's just so easily marked out of the game, off the top of people's heads how many good games has Gabby had at Villa Park?

Due to Tonev being rubbish and helenius seemingly not ready we just haven't rotated our frontline enough particularly as Weimann has been pretty poor for the most part.

[SoccerHQ]

I wonder what the reaction would be if he wasn't a fan.

Agbonlahor on top form is a great player to have but how often is he on top form? Three games a season?

So many attacks have been wasted because he doesn't know what to do with the ball. Probably the most frustrating player we have.

Gabby has contributed to pretty much all our good away wins/performances this year (Arsenal, Liverpool, Sunderland, Southampton, Norwich) so there's five there.

I agree he's pretty rubbish at VP nowadays but then so are most of the team.

[Dr Butler]

4 year deal ? he deserves to get it, just for pissing off Moaninho....

[Chipsticks]

Good news, glad it looks like he'll be staying til he retires. I've said it before the day he retires and walks over to clap the Holte one last time is going to be so goddamn emotional.

Imagine how emotional it would be if he decides to start scoring a few goals.

Jesus.

[Ian.]

Excellent news.

[dekko]

Good news about Gabby (I'm making the assumption that its a longer deal because he isn't being paid as much).

Good news about Ron, he deserves it.

Absolutely great, fantastic news about Delph - get him tied down for as long as possible.

[glasses]

Good news, glad it looks like he'll be staying til he retires. I've said it before the day he retires and walks over to clap the Holte one last time is going to be so goddamn emotional.

Imagine how emotional it would be if he decides to start scoring a few goals.

Jesus.

I know. Short memories, some people

Old Trafford this weekend isn't it? How many goals has he scored there again?

[PeterWithesShin]

Good news, glad it looks like he'll be staying til he retires. I've said it before the day he retires and walks over to clap the Holte one last time is going to be so goddamn emotional.

Imagine how emotional it would be if he decides to start scoring a few goals.

Jesus.

I know. Short memories, some people

Old Trafford this weekend isn't it? How many goals has he scored there again?

Two.

[Isa]

So we are supposed to be culling high-earners not worth anything like the pay-packet they are on but let's just make an exception for Gabby because he is a fan?

I hate this club sometimes...

You hate the club you support because they're giving a player a new contract?

More that I hate some of the decisions made at the club. I can't think of a player less deserving to be on ~£50k per week let alone be awarded a new four year deal.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Good news, glad it looks like he'll be staying til he retires. I've said it before the day he retires and walks over to clap the Holte one last time is going to be so goddamn emotional.

Imagine how emotional it would be if he decides to start scoring a few goals.

Jesus.

I know. Short memories, some people

Old Trafford this weekend isn't it? How many goals has he scored there again?

Two.

4?

[PeterWithesShin]

6

Are we doing the Tom Robinson song?