Gabby

[London Villan]

Great performance. That's the benchmark he has set.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I has a couple of quid on Gabby, the Derby Slayer, to score first and Villa to win 2-1. I'm happy

Happy for you, chap. I did think about you when we got the penalty. Luck finally catching up with us. Save the money and you can buy me all those pints of Landlord you promised, sometime in the near future.

[Chris Smith]

He was great tonight, a lot of that was down to how hard he worked but also us getting him into positions where he could do what he is good at.

[Toronto Villa]

We've all been really critical of Gabby and its been well deserved. He hasn't performed to his potential. However part of that has to go down to the environment at the club under Lambert. Tonight was a blast from the past and it was clear from the off that Sherwood has really got into him for tonight. Lets hope both he and his strike partner have a lot to say between now and the end of the season. Well done tonight though. Great stuff

[Rudy65]

We've all been really critical of Gabby and its been well deserved. He hasn't performed to his potential. However part of that has to go down to the environment at the club under Lambert. Tonight was a blast from the past and it was clear from the off that Sherwood has really got into him for tonight. Lets hope both he and his strike partner have a lot to say between now and the end of the season. Well done tonight though. Great stuff

Agreed. But why cant he do it more often?

[Toronto Villa]

We've all been really critical of Gabby and its been well deserved. He hasn't performed to his potential. However part of that has to go down to the environment at the club under Lambert. Tonight was a blast from the past and it was clear from the off that Sherwood has really got into him for tonight. Lets hope both he and his strike partner have a lot to say between now and the end of the season. Well done tonight though. Great stuff

Agreed. But why cant he do it more often?

I think he is a lot like the fans. When things are down he goes through the motions. When things are good he feeds off it. He needs to be up for it and clearly the manager has lit a spark. If he gets going we know with Gabby goals can come in bunches. Well I hope so anyway and especially with the same tossers at VP at the weekend.

[kippaxvilla2]

It's no use just doing it once a season against our so called rivals welcome though that is.  Consistency is what is needed not consistently garbage.

[supertom]

I has a couple of quid on Gabby, the Derby Slayer, to score first and Villa to win 2-1. I'm happy

Happy for you, chap. I did think about you when we got the penalty. Luck finally catching up with us. Save the money and you can buy me all those pints of Landlord you promised, sometime in the near future.

I took that bet myself. A tenner at 66-1. Well spent indeed. I've been ripping into Gabby a lot all season. I love him again now.

He'd better keep it up. The key thing though, was Sherwood had Gab play to his strengths first and foremost and it worked. If Lescott plays saturday he'll be like a rabbit in headlights.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Sherwood nailed it with Gabby (and Benteke) by realising he'd scored so few due to the utter shit service he's had for most of the season. As we all know strikers thrive on confidence. It took Sherwood's words to give both a clean slate. Tonight we saw the response.

[PeterWithe]

I has a couple of quid on Gabby, the Derby Slayer, to score first and Villa to win 2-1. I'm happy

Happy for you, chap. I did think about you when we got the penalty. Luck finally catching up with us. Save the money and you can buy me all those pints of Landlord you promised, sometime in the near future.

I took that bet myself. A tenner at 66-1. Well spent indeed. I've been ripping into Gabby a lot all season. I love him again now.

He'd better keep it up. The key thing though, was Sherwood had Gab play to his strengths first and foremost and it worked. If Lescott plays saturday he'll be like a rabbit in headlights.

I didnt quite get those odds, 52-1 was mine.

[PeterWithesShin]

He was superb first half. And as I say every months when he finally plays like that, it's because we know he can do that, that he gets so much stick.

[silhillvilla]

Gabby Gabby Gabby
Loves a local derby Derby derby
Whoooooa whoooooa

[supertom]

I has a couple of quid on Gabby, the Derby Slayer, to score first and Villa to win 2-1. I'm happy

Happy for you, chap. I did think about you when we got the penalty. Luck finally catching up with us. Save the money and you can buy me all those pints of Landlord you promised, sometime in the near future.

I took that bet myself. A tenner at 66-1. Well spent indeed. I've been ripping into Gabby a lot all season. I love him again now.

He'd better keep it up. The key thing though, was Sherwood had Gab play to his strengths first and foremost and it worked. If Lescott plays saturday he'll be like a rabbit in headlights.

I didnt quite get those odds, 52-1 was mine.

Mine was a price boost. Too tempting to resist.

[PeterWithe]

I has a couple of quid on Gabby, the Derby Slayer, to score first and Villa to win 2-1. I'm happy

Happy for you, chap. I did think about you when we got the penalty. Luck finally catching up with us. Save the money and you can buy me all those pints of Landlord you promised, sometime in the near future.

More than happy to buy you a beer or two. Great scenes at the end, blokes in the boxes jumping into the stand to hug and shake hands with fellow Lions, it makes all the shit worthwhile. A bit.

[Villa in Denmark]

It's no use just doing it once a season against our so called rivals welcome though that is.  Consistency is what is needed not consistently garbage.

On one of the commentators over here picked up on (exactly as several posters on here had said) that Sherwood had them playing much closer together, so they weren't so isolated, and Gabby was actually taking a few gambles on flick-ons from Benteke.  All of which meant that if we wanted to hit them early we could actually get the ball in to dangerous positions quickly, whilst giving the midfield a chance to move up and support. 
Previously it was either flick it on to no-one, or get the ball to feet with no-one within 25 yards.
Pretty basic stuff, but something Lambert had managed to forget for the last 2 years (after it being a big part of our good finish in 2011/12)