Gabby

[Malandro]

As I understood it, it was Lambert that recommended the new contract for Gabby.

It probably made a little sense at the time - a local lad/fan, supposedly in his prime, no transfer fee and the backing of the fans. What was the worst that could happen - super sub?
Perhaps a better manager would have seen, like Jolean, he was past it.

[mr underhill]

What a total failure our managerial and scouting decisions have been for half a decade,with the obvious exception of Benteke.

[Villa in Denmark]

What a total failure our managerial and scouting decisions have been for half a decade,with the obvious exception of Benteke.

You could argue longer than that, given that MON wouldn't sign anyone he hadn't seen for 3 years on Match of the Day.

[Comrade Blitz]

Someone should hire a skip so that everyone who has ever bought a Flabby shirt can bring it to the Newcastle match and chuck it in.

Either that or have a Bonfire of the Flabbiness and burn the shirts

[Dave Cooper please]

Football fans really do latch onto the most shittest of songs to base chants on don't they?

[martin o`who??]

From KFC to Mackies via the Chippie no doubt.

[john e]

I have never been a massive Gabby fan even when he was supposed to be good, although he has given me some memorable moments at the sty to rememeber

but yesterday being a year to the day of the Wembley semi v Liverpool I remembered being a bit disappointed that he hadn't made the team through injury, as he had been playing well for Sherwood up till then

it just shows how things have changed in the last year for him

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Someone should hire a skip so that everyone who has ever bought a Flabby shirt can bring it to the Newcastle match and chuck it in.

Either that or have a Bonfire of the Flabbiness and burn the shirts

or collect 6 and donate them to billy smart/chipperfields

[cdbearsfan]

Anyone who has paid for a shirt with "AGBONLAHOR" written on the back at £3 a letter has more money than sense and deserves all they get.

[kippaxvilla2]

Apparently he's posted this with a photograph of a bottle of water on his Instagram page.

To the English media a still water before bed 😋🙄👌🏾#smh #goodnight

[PeterWithe]

He can't fall any lower in my estimation but if he thinks he's been persecuted by the media he is, yet again, very wrong.

Stop being an unprofessional ****** and they'll stop printing pictures of you looking an unprofessional ******. ******.

[edgysatsuma89]

He can't fall any lower in my estimation but if he thinks he's been persecuted by the media he is, yet again, very wrong.

Stop being an unprofessional c*** and they'll stop printing pictures of you looking an unprofessional c***. c***.

Another c*** for good measure. The c***.

*I'm saying crab.

[SoccerHQ]

Anyone else really dislike the proliferation of Achey Breaky Heart tuned songs this season?

Heard Spurs singing that the other night, would imagine it's a more positive version but no idea what the words are.

[SoccerHQ]

As I understood it, it was Lambert that recommended the new contract for Gabby.

It probably made a little sense at the time - a local lad/fan, supposedly in his prime, no transfer fee and the backing of the fans. What was the worst that could happen - super sub?
Perhaps a better manager would have seen, like Jolean, he was past it.

It made little sense. He'd had a poor 13/14, 4 goals I think and you could see he was declining. 4 years, not just a 1-2 year extension to his present deal which would've run out this summer but a brand new 4 year deal. And then a week later we gave Lambert a new deal.

We bring it on ourselves...letting very good players run their contracts down before we start panicking and realizing we should maybe open negotiations while falling over ourselves to hang mediocre players 4-5 year deals when they briefly rouse themselves to have a few good games.

[Steve R]

The thought did occur to me that there seems to be an element of entrapment about that photo. The two women do seem to be posing for the camera whilst Gabby has a wtf look on his face.

It  doesn't excuse Gabby a thing, if anything it would suggest he is even thicker than previously supposed.