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Author Topic: Gabby - keep or let go  (Read 117277 times)

Offline charlie659

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #450 on: September 17, 2015, 05:48:43 PM »
If the alleged stories of the players allegiance are to be believed, then when was the last time we had 3 or more Villa fans in the team...Gabby, Jack and Lescott (plus Gardner?). You'd think that can only be a good thing with their desire and determination to win hopefully rubbing off on other players.

I've heard they're all Blues mate, they've infiltrated the team as well as taking over half of the ground.

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #451 on: September 17, 2015, 07:29:37 PM »
If the alleged stories of the players allegiance are to be believed, then when was the last time we had 3 or more Villa fans in the team...Gabby, Jack and Lescott (plus Gardner?). You'd think that can only be a good thing with their desire and determination to win hopefully rubbing off on other players.

gabby was an arsenal fan as a kid and never went to villa park

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #452 on: September 17, 2015, 07:38:00 PM »
Yeah I've read that repeated a few times on this thread so "alleged" is the key word. ;)

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #453 on: September 17, 2015, 07:45:00 PM »
Yeah I've read that repeated a few times on this thread so "alleged" is the key word. ;)

lol

ashley young interviewed gabby for i think avtv and asked him what team he supported as a kid. gabby said arsenal

i think it was lawrenson who interviewed him after scoring one of his first goals at vp and said what was it like to score in front of the holte where you sat as a kid. gabby said i never came here as a kid.


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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #454 on: September 17, 2015, 07:51:19 PM »
I'm not questioning that evidence...its just that he's usually heralded as a Villa fan in the media particularly before derby games, so may be they just work out the fact that because he's a Brummie and his "loyalty" of always having played for Villa equates to him being a Villa fan. At least we know he doesn't support Baggies or Blues and he loves scoring against them so that'll do for me this week.

Offline N'ZMAV

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #455 on: September 17, 2015, 08:14:31 PM »
He's got more kids than goals.
and he's just got his ex pregnant behind his current partners back. So she's kicked the dumb bastard out.

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #456 on: September 17, 2015, 08:54:55 PM »
So he only fires blanks for Villa then?

Offline adrenachrome

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #457 on: September 18, 2015, 12:23:24 AM »
Yeah I've read that repeated a few times on this thread so "alleged" is the key word. ;)

lol

ashley young interviewed gabby for i think avtv and asked him what team he supported as a kid. gabby said arsenal

i think it was lawrenson who interviewed him after scoring one of his first goals at vp and said what was it like to score in front of the holte where you sat as a kid. gabby said i never came here as a kid.


I well remember a TV interview with him after he first hit media attention and he stated quite clearly that he had never been to Villa Park as a fan. He seemed quite embarrassed by the journo's angle. At least he was honest.

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #458 on: September 18, 2015, 09:46:10 AM »
Alan Smith who we have debated here before was on talksport yesterday and said he supported Man City as a lad growing up,
 but said if you asked him now it would be Villa, I think he suggested he came more over to Villa as time went on because his father was Villa

Offline glasses

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #459 on: September 18, 2015, 10:08:13 AM »
I went to senior school with him. He liked Arsenal as a kid as Thierry Henry was his idol. Fair enough. I think there are people in family who were Villa though IIRC, so we would have been the local team he liked. I think that's fair enough, and I dare say his love for us has grown as we were the only team who took a chance on him. He was lightning quick, but not as technically gifted as many players in our youth team at the time. Apparently we took a gamble on him based on his pace. He knuckled down, worked hard on the other aspects of his game, and under O'Neill was great. His limitations are there for all to see, and will become more prevalant when the pace disappears. (Some say it has already)

I'll always be rooting for him to do well, as I think he's worked bloody hard for it. If Luke Moore, someone who looked much more of a natural talent, had worked half as hard as Gabby there'd be a hell of player out there. And that's before you hear about the things he does around the club, and how good a guy he seems to be. (Shagging shennanigans aside! We all have one vice!)

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #460 on: September 18, 2015, 10:43:17 AM »
Actually thought he played well on the weekend. He exposed them a number of times, one of which lead to a goal another obvious one being the Sinclair miss.

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #461 on: September 18, 2015, 12:21:13 PM »
Actually thought he played well on the weekend. He exposed them a number of times, one of which lead to a goal another obvious one being the Sinclair miss.
I did too, Ads. Thought at half time it was set up for him and Sinclair to destroy them on the break. His use of the ball was good overall too, and there was one particular pass to Grealish in the first half that had the roles been reversed people would be crowing about the quality of it.

The lack of real goal threat from him is a big worry though. That I hope is going to change this week.

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #462 on: September 18, 2015, 12:34:40 PM »
Gabby is a hero, he knows all about loyalty.

Don't understand why people would give him a hard time.

Gives us pace in behind and has been pretty decent for us recently.

I love the big picture of him, in the front of the store on Bham high street. Good lookin fella.

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #463 on: September 18, 2015, 12:36:22 PM »
Gabby is a hero, he knows all about loyalty.

Don't understand why people would give him a hard time.

Gives us pace in behind and has been pretty decent for us recently.

I love the big picture of him, in the front of the store on Bham high street. Good lookin fella.

You've seen him score against you often enough.

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Re: Gabby - keep or let go
« Reply #464 on: September 18, 2015, 12:41:52 PM »
Yeah I've read that repeated a few times on this thread so "alleged" is the key word. ;)

lol

ashley young interviewed gabby for i think avtv and asked him what team he supported as a kid. gabby said arsenal

i think it was lawrenson who interviewed him after scoring one of his first goals at vp and said what was it like to score in front of the holte where you sat as a kid. gabby said i never came here as a kid.


I well remember a TV interview with him after he first hit media attention and he stated quite clearly that he had never been to Villa Park as a fan. He seemed quite embarrassed by the journo's angle. At least he was honest.

I remember that as well.

Said he was mostly unable to go as he was doing extra shifts down the Rover, Tom playing football when the matches were on so didn't go.

 


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