Gabby at Arsenal's Christmas party

[UK Redsox]

Sad end to a decent Villa career for Gabby.

Booked more times than he's scored in the last 5 seasons. Yeah really decent.

And yet he's still ahead of Kozak in the pecking order

[Pete3206]

Sad end to a decent Villa career for Gabby.

A relevant comment if this was 2010

[oswald funkletrumpet]

He will probably end up playing for a club in the prem while we go down.

Is ironic the correct word ?

No, I would say it should be  'travesty'

Can't imagine any Premier League side plucking a non scoring, injury prone forward from a rock bottom club
The only way he's going anywhere is on a free to a Championship club
Ironically I think he would do well in the Championship and would probably end up scoring a hat trick against us playing for Wolves

This

apart from the Wolves bit

[saunders_heroes]

Sad end to a decent Villa career for Gabby.

A relevant comment if this was 2010

True, but not many have scored more than 67 league goals for us. I'm not going to dismiss that so easily.

[nuninho]

73 goals in 315 appearances according to Wiki.
 
1 goal in nearly every 4 and half games. 

Get shot.  That is no way good enough for a top flight side.

[saunders_heroes]

Scored plenty of goals when we had decent wingers like Young, Downing, Milner etc in the team. He's past his best no doubt about that but our decline is down to us replacing our best players with shit ones, so it's no wonder his goals dried up.

[kippaxvilla2]

The thing is I just know or rather I have a very strong feeling that he will go somewhere still in the PL - a Norwich or someone and score goals or at least give them a lift. 

[joe_c]

I'm in agreement with saunders_heroes. I have too many fond memories of his contributions over the years to be totally dismissive of him but that the club captain and longest serving player has become probably the greatest example of the malaise at Villa Park, certainly in playing terms, is very sad indeed.

[saunders_heroes]

The thing is I just know or rather I have a very strong feeling that he will go somewhere still in the PL - a Norwich or someone and score goals or at least give them a lift. 

That's what I'm thinking too.

[rob_bridge]

Sad end to a decent Villa career for Gabby.

Decent? When I heard some fucking idiot had deemed his half arsed, couldn't give a crap 'performances' of the last 3 years warranted a new lengthy contract it made me angry. He's been far from decent, he can't get in the match day squad of the worst team the Premier League has seen in years. It's not 'sad' at all, it's all his own doing although you'll no doubt blame Lerner for his inability to look like he gives a toss about Aston Villa.

Able to dine out on goals scored v Blosers ans Bitters times ago.

He was more than decent for 4-5 years a lot of time. The last 4-5 years he has been largely ineffective. The last 2 woeful.

Should never been given a new contract.

Hope we can get a mug punter to take a punt on him. Can we get Redknapp a temporary job somewhere.

[tony scott]

I don't think Gabby will be easily shifted, with the remaining time on his contract he can afford to sit it out.  I think for whatever reason ,he has been hugely disappointing for us over the last few seasons.  The speed which was his major asset is diminishing ,it would be a shame if he stayed with us and became a figure of redicule.

[rob_bridge]

Sad end to a decent Villa career for Gabby.

A relevant comment if this was 2010

True, but not many have scored more than 67 league goals for us. I'm not going to dismiss that so easily.

For a forward player in 9 seasons+ it's not that great.

And a total of 33 goals (all comps) in the last 5.5 season is fucking rubbish.

[rob_bridge]

I don't think Gabby will be easily shifted, with the remaining time on his contract he can afford to sit it out.  I think for whatever reason ,he has been hugely disappointing for us over the last few seasons.  The speed which was his major asset is diminishing ,it would be a shame if he stayed with us and became a figure of redicule.

He is likely to stay and is already a figure of dismay

[saunders_heroes]

I don't think Gabby will be easily shifted, with the remaining time on his contract he can afford to sit it out.  I think for whatever reason ,he has been hugely disappointing for us over the last few seasons.  The speed which was his major asset is diminishing ,it would be a shame if he stayed with us and became a figure of redicule.

He is likely to stay and is already a figure of dismay

The whole squad are figures of dismay.

[Rigadon]

If we were Spurs we'd be taking £8m off somebody.  As usual we'll end up paying his wages while he plays elsewhere. 

He's been a good player if inconsistent.