Gabby

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Two of the best players to play the game weren't exactly pictures of health. One was a coke head, the other a smoker. They were blessed with remarkable talent sadly lacking in dear Gabby.

[chrisw1]

At times Gabby has been a decent player for us.  Yes, he's no sensation but has in spells really helped us out.

I think calling him out for poor form is fair enough and I understand his body language can make him look like he's not busting a gut - although in fairness he's always had that style.  But the vitriol on here is remarkable.  I appreciate it's difficult time to be a Villa fan, but laying into him like this really does make us look like a bunch of ******.

[passport1]

Chris I have often thought this. They appear to like a good scapegoat.

[oldtimernow]

It's not just Villa fans on here that have been calling him out for his lack of effort though

a mark of a Villa fan is that even if a player is crap if he puts in the effort and desire they will get behind him

effort and desire do seem to be words missing in his make-up

[Marlon From Bearwood]

I don't think we're being too harsh on him. If anything he's got away with doing virtually fuck all for 5 years now with prettymuch no stick from the fans. Most likely be because he's a local lad.

Pundits such as Neville and Shearer have both called him out this season for his laziness; something that we already knew.

Add to this his pathetic "that's for all the haters" tweet after his annual goal, and him going off during the Liverpool drubbing when he didn't fancy it, and for me, Gabby can just do one.

He could've been a legend. Now I can't stand the sight of him.

[Risso]

I'm less concerned about the fact that he's out in Dubai dressed like a ******, than I am about the fact that presumably he'll be coming back at some point.

[chrisw1]

It's not just Villa fans on here that have been calling him out for his lack of effort though

a mark of a Villa fan is that even if a player is crap if he puts in the effort and desire they will get behind him

effort and desire do seem to be words missing in his make-up

I understand that, but he has always played with that style.  Also, people attacking him on his looks etc - do you think that is reasonable?

[AV82EC]

At times Gabby has been a decent player for us.  Yes, he's no sensation but has in spells really helped us out.

I think calling him out for poor form is fair enough and I understand his body language can make him look like he's not busting a gut - although in fairness he's always had that style.  But the vitriol on here is remarkable.  I appreciate it's difficult time to be a Villa fan, but laying into him like this really does make us look like a bunch of c***s.

No it doesn't. He's a professional footballer who's been doing a poor impression of one for the last 5 years.

Some of the abuse may be a touch personal for my liking but ultimately what's he done to disprove the notion that he's anything other than freeloading waster pandered to by a succession of poor managers and coaches.

Houllier absolutely called him out on his fitness and body shape and he's proved to be 100% right. The fact that he's still like this 5 years later proves to me the guy is anything but professional and is still living off his two late goals against Blues in the last decade.

He could have been a regular in the England squad but he elected to take the easy route of big bucks and realising there was an easy living to be made at Villa Park without having to improve himself.

[edgysatsuma89]

I don't think we're being too harsh on him. If anything he's got away with doing virtually fuck all for 5 years now with prettymuch no stick from the fans. Most likely be because he's a local lad.

Pundits such as Neville and Shearer have both called him out this season for his laziness; something that we already knew.

Add to this his pathetic "that's for all the haters" tweet after his annual goal, and him going off during the Liverpool drubbing when he didn't fancy it, and for me, Gabby can just do one.

He could've been a legend. Now I can't stand the sight of him.

I also think he has gotten off lightly for a long time. People say he's 'gone over the hill' now or his 'good days are behind him'... He's what... 29? His days are behind him because he chooses them to be. He has been paid millions, the least he could do would be to keep lean and therefore maintaining and improving his only real asset - his pace.

As for his looks, some people think he looks like an idiot. I haven't commented but I will ... He looks like an idiot. So what? I'm sure he isn't fazed by it.

[robbo1874]

It's not just Villa fans on here that have been calling him out for his lack of effort though

a mark of a Villa fan is that even if a player is crap if he puts in the effort and desire they will get behind him

effort and desire do seem to be words missing in his make-up

i agree- players like bernie Gallagher and Paul birch spring to mind. Neither great players, but always gave 110%. Lack of talent is understandable, excusable even, but lack of effort isn't at all, especially given our current plight.

[aj2k77]

I couldn't care less that he looks like he's a simpleton, I'm bothered that he's swanning through his career here, taking the piss, taking 8 touches, scoring once a year and giving it the big one, he's just a useless cretin plain and simple and if we'd sorted ourselves out as a club at anytime during this decade he would have been fucked off as an over paid waster.

[malckennedy]

Chris I have often thought this. They appear to like a good scapegoat.

But when the scapegoat is in fact a significant overall contributor to the problems at the club it is difficult to find anything to defend him on.

[chrisw1]

I couldn't care less that he looks like he's a simpleton, I'm bothered that he's swanning through his career here, taking the piss, taking 8 touches, scoring once a year and giving it the big one, he's just a useless cretin plain and simple and if we'd sorted ourselves out as a club at anytime during this decade he would have been fucked off as an over paid waster.

See, it's phrases like cretin I have a problem with.  And it is exactly posts like this that make you look like the other C word I mentioned.

[aj2k77]

He is a cretin.

[Chico Hamilton III]

And a lazy, fat prick