Gabby

[robbo1874]

Ha - vomit inducing. Wonder where Grealish stores all his 'comps' on top of his wardrobe at his parents' house - next to all the empty vodka bottles and deflated helium balloons.

Fuck the lot of them off.

Shit, rubbish, not good enough- whatever adjective you want to use... Simply not good enough and we're going down and none of them really give a toss. Wankers.

[AVH87]

For those two winning goals at the Railway End, I don't begrudge him a penny he's made.

I do.  I begrudge every single penny he's stolen over the last few seasons.  His attitude has been a factor in the reason why he'll have the opportunity to score another goal at the Railway End next season.  And, unfortunately, if he does, far too many of our supporters will forgive him for the dozens of sub-standard "performances" that have been the hallmark in recent times of this so-called fan.

It was mostly a flippant, light hearted remark. Although there is some truth in it. I realise he's a shadow of his former self (insert joke about weight gain here), but he has provided me with some great memories, and yes, I'll be over the moon if he scored a late winner at the Railway End again next season. That's not to say I'm not pissed off at how shite he's been for the past two or three seasons too. 

Agbonlahor is past his best, but it's not his fault we haven't the ambition to get rid and replace him with better, and it's also not his fault that the club has been in a humiliating decline for the last 6 seasons. I'll always have a soft spot for the 70+ Premier league goals he's scored as well.

It's his fault he hasn't bothered getting himself in better shape though, he's hardly over the hill at 29 and has happily sucked 55,000 p/wk out of the club in recent years.

[cheltenhamlion]

What annoys me with Gabby is that he has always relied on his pace. Given that, how the fuck does he think he will be able to perform carrying an extra stone or two?

[Chris Jameson]

I noticed he did that thing the other night against Everton where he has a very brief spell of looking interested and like he cares by charging about from player to player when Everton passed it about at the back and then when they effortlessly passed it forwards gave up and flapped his arms about to show how cross he was with his equally useless and inept team mates.

[tomd2103]

If he's selling up it must mean he's off at the end of the season.

Or,

He can now afford a house with a gym on each floor.

I seem to recall hearing a while back that he was having a new house built somewhere in Sutton Coldfield.  Must be ready now then. 

[Dave Cooper please]

I seem to recall hearing a while back that he was having a new house built somewhere in Sutton Coldfield.  Must be ready now then. 

Unless Petrocelli is building it.

[Pat McMahon]

I seem to recall hearing a while back that he was having a new house built somewhere in Sutton Coldfield.  Must be ready now then. 

Unless Petrocelli is building it.

My dad worked on building sites where Petrocelli's work ethic was official company practice.

[Stirchley Villain]

I seem to recall hearing a while back that he was having a new house built somewhere in Sutton Coldfield.  Must be ready now then. 

Unless Petrocelli is building it.

My dad worked on building sites where Petrocelli's work ethic was official company practice.

I watched The Limey again the other night.

[brentastonb6]

Gabby at 29, what a waste / waist. Couldn't help compare him on Tuesday to a consummate professional of 34 in Gareth Barry who is head and shoulders above him in everything IMO but most importantly in his attitude, our club is crying out for Heroes and he could have been one .

[brontebilly]

Gabby at 29, what a waste / waist. Couldn't help compare him on Tuesday to a consummate professional of 34 in Gareth Barry who is head and shoulders above him in everything IMO but most importantly in his attitude, our club is crying out for Heroes and he could have been one .

we should pay Gareth Barry a shit load of cash to be our captain next season

as you say a consummate professional, at 34 still one of the best midfielders in the league

The press rave about James McCarthy, I've seen him play for Ireland Id say over 20 times.

An athlete is all he is, wont take the ball off his back four, wont distribute it.

Barry makes him look far better than he actually is.

City should never have sold him either, the Fernando twins are gash.

He was also hung out to dry by Capello's moronic tactics in WC2010.

so what he nearly went to Pompey or Liverpool, his performances on the pitch in nearly every position were consistently good to very good for a long time. He was a Villa hero, the likes of Milner who was only above average when moved into Barry position for about 12 months dont come close imo despite the adulation he gets.

Barry, feeding a perfectly timed pass out to Young on the left, Young dropping a shoulder curling a ball to the back post, Carew/Gabby goal. Was like clockwork

Ive been watching Villa for 25 years or so, he is in my top 3

1. McGrath
2. Yorke
3. Barry

[Toronto Villa]

I'd take Barry back too. He'd be the perfect role model and calming, respectful influence the club needs.

[brian green]

A certain symmetry if Barry came back.  He would be precisely double the age he was when he first came.

[Ian.]

Barry would stroll that division too. Someone on another thread mentioned West Ham buying Nolan when they dropped,  if only we could do the same with Barry this summer.

[Mellin]

Reckon Barry has at least another year left at Everton,  unfortunately.

[The Laughing Policeman]

When David Platt was with us didn't he invite the local media to his house and pose for pictures in a room so pink it looked like the inside of Barbara Cartlands house?