Gabby - keep or let go

[OzVilla]

Poor Gabby, way past his best indeed, but he's been turned into a scapegoat for all our problems and gets more grief than the real culprit at Villa.
Anyway, I'd play him at Sunderland. He's got a good record up there.

I honestly don't know of anyone that still defends Lerner but Gabby is the absolute epitome of what's gone wrong at the Villa over the last 5 years. Rewarded with contracts and positions of authority way above his ability, not progressed or adapted his game, become complacent, finally disappeared totally when the going got tough and drains the club of finances and good energy.

As I say, if one player summed up with way we've gone down the plug hole without so much as a murmer it's Gabby Agbonlahor.

[saunders_heroes]

Poor Gabby, way past his best indeed, but he's been turned into a scapegoat for all our problems and gets more grief than the real culprit at Villa.
Anyway, I'd play him at Sunderland. He's got a good record up there.

I honestly don't know of anyone that still defends Lerner but Gabby is the absolute epitome of what's gone wrong at the Villa over the last 5 years. Rewarded with contracts and positions of authority way above his ability, not progressed or adapted his game, become complacent, finally disappeared totally when the going got tough and drains the club of finances and good energy.

As I say, if one player summed up with way we've gone down the plug hole without so much as a murmer it's Gabby Agbolahor.

I disagree. If you're looking for a player who sums up our decline it would be Brad Guzan. Rightly let go because he was shit then laughably brought back when we realised no decent PL keeper would join us on the pittance we pay in wages.
Gabby is past his best, no question, but the stick he gets is OTT considering the amount of goals he's scored for us over the years.

[Bad English]

I'd say sucking all that money out of the club for little return over the last five years is good enough reason to go "OTT".

[Dave]

Rightly let go because he was shit then laughably brought back when we realised no decent PL keeper would join us on the pittance we pay in wages.

How much do you think the pittance that we're paying Gabby in wages is?

[saunders_heroes]

I'd say sucking all that money out of the club for little return over the last five years is good enough reason to go "OTT".

He's not the cause of our decline.

[LeeB]

I'd say sucking all that money out of the club for little return over the last five years is good enough reason to go "OTT".

He's not the cause of our decline.

I thought that was Lerner? And it's a bit harsh pinning it all on a sub standard keeper.

[saunders_heroes]

Rightly let go because he was shit then laughably brought back when we realised no decent PL keeper would join us on the pittance we pay in wages.

How much do you think the pittance that we're paying Gabby in wages is?

An awful lot. He's probably one of the few players we actually pay PL wages to. If we had any ambition we'd have got rid and replaced him with someone who isn't past his best.
That's the problem though isn't it, there's absolutely no ambition at Aston Villa, and we all know who's to blame for that.

[saunders_heroes]

I'd say sucking all that money out of the club for little return over the last five years is good enough reason to go "OTT".

He's not the cause of our decline.

I thought that was Lerner? And it's a bit harsh pinning it all on a sub standard keeper.

I said he sums up our decline. If anyone ever needed a clue to what was wrong with our club it was the Guzan release/re-signing.

[Bad English]

He's not the cause of our decline.

No. But this thread is about whether or not we want to retain his ample arse at Villa Park.  And it is an internet forum and we go over the top about things all the time. You are right to remind us of his many goals though. He was a great servant.

So ta Gabby. Now bugger off to Wolves!

[saunders_heroes]

He's not the cause of our decline.

No. But this thread is about whether or not we want to retain his ample arse at Villa Park.  And it is an internet forum and we go over the top about things all the time. You are right to remind us of his many goals though. He was a great servant.

So ta Gabby. Now bugger off to Wolves!

Okay fair enough. I just think he doesn't deserve all the stick he gets considering what he's done for us in the past.

[LeeB]

I'd say sucking all that money out of the club for little return over the last five years is good enough reason to go "OTT".

He's not the cause of our decline.

I thought that was Lerner? And it's a bit harsh pinning it all on a sub standard keeper.

I said he sums up our decline. If anyone ever needed a clue to what was wrong with our club it was the Guzan release/re-signing.

I think the fact that he's in goal this season, after he'd lost his place to a old man that was past his best and subsequently released, is more damning to be honest.

And that we were clearly trying to sign a replacement, and when that fell through we signed nobody. Same with Adebayor.

That's the really damning shit, we clearly identified two crucial areas to recruit for but when we failed with our targets we had no alternative.

[LeeB]

He's not the cause of our decline.

No. But this thread is about whether or not we want to retain his ample arse at Villa Park.  And it is an internet forum and we go over the top about things all the time. You are right to remind us of his many goals though. He was a great servant.

So ta Gabby. Now bugger off to Wolves!

Okay fair enough. I just think he doesn't deserve all the stick he gets considering what he's done for us in the past.

Fuck him, he's lived off it for 5 years and he's taken the piss. He deserves as much vitriol as you reserve for the chairman.

[Legion]

[saunders_heroes]

He's not the cause of our decline.

No. But this thread is about whether or not we want to retain his ample arse at Villa Park.  And it is an internet forum and we go over the top about things all the time. You are right to remind us of his many goals though. He was a great servant.

So ta Gabby. Now bugger off to Wolves!

Okay fair enough. I just think he doesn't deserve all the stick he gets considering what he's done for us in the past.

Fuck him, he's lived off it for 5 years and he's taken the piss. He deserves as much vitriol as you reserve for the chairman.

Fair enough, and fuck Lerner as well - the true cause of our disgraceful humiliating decline.

[Clampy]

Some of the personal abuse of Gabby is uncalled for, as it is for the chairman or anyone else for that matter. However, Gabby is past his best and has been for a while.