Gabby

[Legion]

Benteke hardly looked pleased when he scored.

[Gregorys Boy]

Benteke hardly looked pleased when he scored.

Think you can read too much into those sorts of things though.  Could just be that he was more reliefed (as were we all) to get the late winner, or that he is just quite relaxed character even on the field.  It has looked like he has been playing for a move the last couple of months.  If he plays his part in keeping us up then he can have one.

[Legion]

Watch his reaction after he scored. Then his response to the team celebration. He then did his signatory salute to the skies.

[SoccerHQ]

He looked happy enough with Sherwood at the end.

[Dave]

It has looked like he has been playing for a move

Does it?

It's looked more like he's not particularly bothered where he plays to me.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

To be fair it was a shit goal to concede. Very poor. Far post nod back from good in the air CH to an unmarked striker 4 yards out.

A perfect example of the kind of naïve errors we make that most other teams never do...like not picking up players from short corners and wasting corners, free kicks will alarming regularity.

you do realize that the reason we are surrounded by sides equally as bad as us is because most teams have defences that make naive errors. In fact I'd go as far as to say all teams do, just the better ones make less of them. Have you seen some of the comedic defending from Man U this year, or Liverpool over the past two or three seasons? Arsenal's defence has been slated this year for some right howlers. Cahill is hardly superb at Chelsea and has been caught out positionally, Mangala at Man City, even Kompany has made some pretty high profile mistakes. All teams have moments where they let in very soft goals. Sides like ours just make more of them.

Sorry TV, missed your post earlier.
Agree in many ways, but to be honest I couldn't care less about other teams and no, I haven't watched them. Genuinely, I rarely watch football...I'm a Villa fan (sort of joke!).
My point is, we haven't seemed geared up to be doing the most basic things...eg marking at short corners, poor marking at set pieces, wasting our own very valuable set piece chances. Stripeys created TWO chances on Tuesday...scored from one, nearly scored from the other. The marking should have been better.
It would have been a crime if they'd scored from that second one...but it was pretty close.
I couldn't give a shit about Gary Cahill, but I do want my team to defend better against very basic tactical moves.

I'm hoping that TS and his team see that and rectify it.
If Arse, Chavski and Ci£y are bad at it, it doesn't mean it's ok for us to be bad at it too.

On thread...you know what you did up front on Tuesday Gabby?
Can we have some more of that please?

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Guardian article:


http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/mar/06/gabriel-agbonlahor-aston-villa-premier-league

[Ron Manager]

We know that Gabby Agbonlahor will very soon revert to default and disappear into none scoring mode. Its no good hoping that that one terriffic half will become the norm because it will not. We know Gabby too well for that. Sherwood has got a performance out of him and with any luck he might get a second today.

But I would imagine Jonas Olsson will be in today with orders to stop him any way he likes,

[Dave]

But I would imagine Jonas Olsson will be in today with orders to stop him any way he likes

Good. That prick is owed at least one red card against us.

[Toronto Villa]

My guess it will take more than that duffer Jonas Olsson to stop Gabby today. Their best CB Lescott was treated like a rented mule the other night. I'll look forward to Gabby blowing by their flat back line and shooting at their gash GK.

[tomd2103]

We know that Gabby Agbonlahor will very soon revert to default and disappear into none scoring mode. Its no good hoping that that one terriffic half will become the norm because it will not. We know Gabby too well for that. Sherwood has got a performance out of him and with any luck he might get a second today.

But I would imagine Jonas Olsson will be in today with orders to stop him any way he likes,

To be fair to him, his hot streaks have lasted at leats a few games in past seasons.  In our current predicament and with the games we have coming up, that might just be enough.

[Villa in Denmark]

Guardian article:


http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/mar/06/gabriel-agbonlahor-aston-villa-premier-league

Sounds like a fair review of his career. Frightening when you read 25 goals over the last 5 years.

[Gerrin]

Is there any info on Gabby's injury? Big miss if he's out for the semi.

[Villafirst]

Rumours are that Gabby will be fit for Sunday, although it is the Mirror! Do you think it's a bit of kidology by Tim? Gabby and The Beast can shred their shit defence....

[Matt Collins]

Rumours are that Gabby will be fit for Sunday, although it is the Mirror! Do you think it's a bit of kidology by Tim? Gabby and The Beast can shred their shit defence....

Link to mirror article. I can't see nuffink