Gabby

[Ian.]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

[The Edge]

Gabby Gabby Gabby Gabby Gabby Agbonlahor he's fat as fuck he's fat as fuuuuuuk

[supertom]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

The Norwich game the previous season. His two goals. That game was a big step in us staying up. He was awesome then. His fall since has been shocking and what is even sadder than the fact he just doesn't seem willing to give this sort of performance anymore, is the fact that physically he probably can't. His pace has gone. The attitude has gone, the legs have gone and the desire.

[AV89]

Play him one more time before the season ends so the fans can humiliate him.  Not that he'd give a shit in fairness.

[Ian.]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

The Norwich game the previous season. His two goals. That game was a big step in us staying up. He was awesome then. His fall since has been shocking and what is even sadder than the fact he just doesn't seem willing to give this sort of performance anymore, is the fact that physically he probably can't. His pace has gone. The attitude has gone, the legs have gone and the desire.

It's actually a real shame. He could have the love of the crowd and be remembered like other greats. Someone earlier commented on Vardy being the same age too and his career has only just started.

[supertom]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

The Norwich game the previous season. His two goals. That game was a big step in us staying up. He was awesome then. His fall since has been shocking and what is even sadder than the fact he just doesn't seem willing to give this sort of performance anymore, is the fact that physically he probably can't. His pace has gone. The attitude has gone, the legs have gone and the desire.

It's actually a real shame. He could have the love of the crowd and be remembered like other greats. Someone earlier commented on Vardy being the same age too and his career has only just started.

It struck me the other week watching Defoe. He didn't have the greatest of games but he still looks very sharp. He's got a burst of acceleration. He's still got a bit of zip and he's 33. Not only that, he's banged them in this season for Sunderland. But then again, he's a good pro and he's looked after himself. Gabby looks like a sunday league player at times. The way he trundles round the pitch with his belly hanging out, combined with his lack of technical ability. He's a fucking shambles now. It's appalling to watch. 

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

When he WAS actually fit and motivated, it didn't matter that he wasn't the best technical footballer in the world - his pace worried even the best defenders.  He used to give the likes of Vidic and Terry problems, and the opposition couldn't risk a high defensive line when he played.

[The Edge]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

The Norwich game the previous season. His two goals. That game was a big step in us staying up. He was awesome then. His fall since has been shocking and what is even sadder than the fact he just doesn't seem willing to give this sort of performance anymore, is the fact that physically he probably can't. His pace has gone. The attitude has gone, the legs have gone and the desire.

Probably true but he's 29 years old for fuck sake. The biggest waste of space ever to grace (disgrace) Villa Park.

[supertom]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

The Norwich game the previous season. His two goals. That game was a big step in us staying up. He was awesome then. His fall since has been shocking and what is even sadder than the fact he just doesn't seem willing to give this sort of performance anymore, is the fact that physically he probably can't. His pace has gone. The attitude has gone, the legs have gone and the desire.

Probably true but he's 29 years old for fuck sake. The biggest waste of space ever to grace (disgrace) Villa Park.

It's galling too because Gabby got where he is (initially) by hard work, determination and the right attitude. It's what set him apart over more naturally gifted youngster like the Moores and the Fonz. He's just taken it so easy for the last few years now.

[Jon Crofts]

Disgraceful he's been allowed to get into this state. 

[KevinGage]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

The Norwich game the previous season. His two goals. That game was a big step in us staying up. He was awesome then. His fall since has been shocking and what is even sadder than the fact he just doesn't seem willing to give this sort of performance anymore, is the fact that physically he probably can't. His pace has gone. The attitude has gone, the legs have gone and the desire.

Probably true but he's 29 years old for fuck sake. The biggest waste of space ever to grace (disgrace) Villa Park.

I can think of at least 10 comfortably worse than him.

He needs to be moved on, but a decade at the same club is rare these days.

Fans talk about loyalty, but when a player struggles for form the talk soon turns to sell him/ pay the fucker off.

Guzan and and Gabby have made telling contributions for the club over the years,so whilst I won't excuse their horrid form this year, they aren't deserving of Hodge/ Callaghan levels of abuse either.

[The Edge]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

The Norwich game the previous season. His two goals. That game was a big step in us staying up. He was awesome then. His fall since has been shocking and what is even sadder than the fact he just doesn't seem willing to give this sort of performance anymore, is the fact that physically he probably can't. His pace has gone. The attitude has gone, the legs have gone and the desire.

Probably true but he's 29 years old for fuck sake. The biggest waste of space ever to grace (disgrace) Villa Park.

It's galling too because Gabby got where he is (initially) by hard work, determination and the right attitude. It's what set him apart over more naturally gifted youngster like the Moores and the Fonz. He's just taken it so easy for the last few years now.

Too right. The last few years of the onset of his laziness have coincided with the slow painful demise of the club. Not all his fault obviously but being a senior member of the squad he could have been hugely beneficial to the newcomers. But he hasn't cared enough to bother. The club has given him everything and this is how he has repaid us. What a first class fucking waster.

[walsall villain]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

The Norwich game the previous season. His two goals. That game was a big step in us staying up. He was awesome then. His fall since has been shocking and what is even sadder than the fact he just doesn't seem willing to give this sort of performance anymore, is the fact that physically he probably can't. His pace has gone. The attitude has gone, the legs have gone and the desire.

Probably true but he's 29 years old for fuck sake. The biggest waste of space ever to grace (disgrace) Villa Park.

I can think of at least 10 comfortably worse than him.

He needs to be moved on, but a decade at the same club is rare these days.

Fans talk about loyalty, but when a player struggles for form the talk soon turns to sell him/ pay the fucker off.

Guzan and and Gabby have made telling contributions for the club over the years,so whilst I won't excuse their horrid form this year, they aren't deserving of Hodge/ Callaghan levels of abuse either.

Well said!

[The Edge]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

The Norwich game the previous season. His two goals. That game was a big step in us staying up. He was awesome then. His fall since has been shocking and what is even sadder than the fact he just doesn't seem willing to give this sort of performance anymore, is the fact that physically he probably can't. His pace has gone. The attitude has gone, the legs have gone and the desire.

Probably true but he's 29 years old for fuck sake. The biggest waste of space ever to grace (disgrace) Villa Park.

I can think of at least 10 comfortably worse than him.

He needs to be moved on, but a decade at the same club is rare these days.

Fans talk about loyalty, but when a player struggles for form the talk soon turns to sell him/ pay the fucker off.

Guzan and and Gabby have made telling contributions for the club over the years,so whilst I won't excuse their horrid form this year, they aren't deserving of Hodge/ Callaghan levels of abuse either.

Well I can't think of one. Players like Hodge, Callaghan and Delph deserved the stick for the thngs they have done to the club. But Gabby's case is totally different. He was given a break by this club and was nurtured from a young age right up to the Prem and an England call up. He has raked in a fortune  (which until recently he deserved).To my knowledge no club has ever made a bid for him. I don't put that down to loyalty. I put that down to his total lack of ambition and desire once he had "made it" at the Villa.

[Villa in Denmark]

That game under Lambert where we beat Arsenal at the start of the season he was electric.  Didn't score himself but tore them apart.

It was games like that which gave me hope we still had a fantastic game changing player in the squad. Then we would have nothing for weeks. Now we just have a sorry excuse for a sportsman.

The Norwich game the previous season. His two goals. That game was a big step in us staying up. He was awesome then. His fall since has been shocking and what is even sadder than the fact he just doesn't seem willing to give this sort of performance anymore, is the fact that physically he probably can't. His pace has gone. The attitude has gone, the legs have gone and the desire.

This business about his legs have gone is, for me, bollocks.

He's at an age where most Olympic track athletes are historically, around their best.

He's not been blighted by repetitive injury like Owen was (not comparing them as footballers, just athletes.).

If he's not got the pace anymore, it seems to me it's because he's out if condition and still carrying the extra pounds Houllier told him to lose. And yes he's probably still in better condition than just about all of us on here, unless we've got lots of members playing physical sport at a very high level, but that's not the comparison.

It's if he can out muscle the likes of Robert Huth or rip Zabaleta a new one in a football race. Once upon a time he could. Now it sounds like fairy stories.