Gabby

[West Derby Villan]

Gabby only cares about Gabby. He was club captain and what responsibility did he take on the pitch, he disappeared when we needed him to help the "young and hungry" settle in. Then to get into the shape that he achieved in the spring this year was a disgrace. And to top it off, gets photographed in embarrassing situations as the club were in free fall. He was never the most gifted or talented player but he made up for these shortfalls by giving 100%. Agree that he scored important goals, especially against SHA, but he has used up all the Brucey points he earned by the lack of input over the last 4/5 seasons.

[Ad@m]

Imo a fit and motivated Gabby is as good as any of the other forwards we have but last season was a nightmare and he went AWOL when we needed him most.

I know that he's probably done at VP but I'm not going to rejoice or stick the boot in to one of our own no matter what has happened.

His goals against the scum means that I could never dislike Gabby no matter what anyone says.

Without wanting to pick on you specifically, I'm sick and tired of this "fit and motivated" line. He hasn't been anywhere near good enough for the vast majority of this decade, it's not even close to just being a recent issue.

Exactly.

This is someone who's scored 28 league goals in the past six seasons!  At about a goal every six games!!  He's gone from a 23 year old to a 29 year old in that time - the peak of his career - and what has he got to show for it?

The fact he turned down Reading, knowing full well he wouldn't get a game at the Villa, speaks absolute volumes about his motivation.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Imo a fit and motivated Gabby is as good as any of the other forwards we have but last season was a nightmare and he went AWOL when we needed him most.

I know that he's probably done at VP but I'm not going to rejoice or stick the boot in to one of our own no matter what has happened.

His goals against the scum means that I could never dislike Gabby no matter what anyone says.

one of our own dont make me laugh

you do realise gabby is an arsenal fan dont you? hence him going out on the piss with them hours after the fa cup final surrender

[Tony Erdington]

Imo a fit and motivated Gabby is as good as any of the other forwards we have but last season was a nightmare and he went AWOL when we needed him most.

I know that he's probably done at VP but I'm not going to rejoice or stick the boot in to one of our own no matter what has happened.

His goals against the scum means that I could never dislike Gabby no matter what anyone says.

one of our own dont make me laugh


you do realise gabby is an arsenal fan dont you? hence him going out on the piss with them hours after the fa cup final surrender

I didn't know that,

in which case: imo  his a cock sucking mother fucker, and I demand we sell , no give him to small heath, fucking dog shit.

but I really don't have an opinion on the matter.

[Cliftonville Villain]

Villa came to Dublin in 2010 to play Bohemians and my 11 year old boy's day was made when he got Gabby's autograph on an old '91 away shirt. He doesn't talk about that day anymore. Thanks Gabby.

[Jim Shoes]

Obviously haters gonna hate but in this case I'm not going to use Gabby to vent against....be interesting to see who some of you start on this season if we don't get promoted.

[Louzie0]

I think of the goals he's got for Villa over the last 10 seasons or so and I can't hate Gabby.
I am just tremendously irritated by him, at the moment.

There's no suggestion that he's suffering from anything, mental or physical.
Including depression.

Maybe RDM will play him near Xmas to attract more interest in the January window. I'd be very happy to keep him if he retained his best poaching form, though.

[cheltenhamlion]

Obviously haters gonna hate but in this case I'm not going to use Gabby to vent against....be interesting to see who some of you start on this season if we don't get promoted.

That's a cheap shot. If any behave like he did last season then they deserve abuse in spades.

[anton hillman]

Obviously haters gonna hate but in this case I'm not going to use Gabby to vent against....be interesting to see who some of you start on this season if we don't get promoted.

That's a cheap shot. If any behave like he did last season then they deserve abuse in spades.

It's hard for Villa fans to completely turn against Gabby. His supposed love of Villa and so on... Because we believed that he was one of our own, our current anger at his piss take is all the more pronounced. This man with all his talents could have been up there with the God McGrath and Peter Withe as a Villa legend. So very sad for him and us that this never happened. The history of AVFC will record Gabby as a 'lost' talent who ultimately let his home team down. Perhaps one day he will tell why he did this.

[Axl Rose]

Obviously haters gonna hate but in this case I'm not going to use Gabby to vent against....be interesting to see who some of you start on this season if we don't get promoted.

'Haters gonna hate'....are you actually Agbonlahor in disguise? That's the sort of nonsense famous people come out with when they're receiving well deserved abuse.

I don't think fans will turn on anyone if the effort is there. If the effort isn't there, and the players behave like last season, the abuse will be warranted!

[Jim Shoes]

You have an opinion mine differs, you choose to find fault with people who do what you can't....haters gonna hate.

I could write that my opinions on Axl Rose but life's too short 😉 haha

[brian green]

True that we can't do what he can do.  Can't get massively overweight.  Can't frolic with slappers in a Mayfair hotel. Can't smoke like a chimney. Can't get embroiled in paternity suits over extra marital babies. Can't get all over the tabloids. Can't have pictures taken looking stoned. Can't drink like a fish. Can't gamble in casinos like a drunken sailor. Can't do all of those things when club captain plummeting towards seventeen points and three wins in a season of inevitable relegation.  It's not a question of "haters gonna hate",. it's decent ordinary Villa fans finding what he has allowed himself to become is totally repellent.

[tony scott]

It's a big dilemma for the club, they are committed to paying his wages for the next 2/3 years will he just disappear, like Sendeross, or will the new tech director get involved and try to reintegrate him into the squad?

[nick harper]

He is a classic example of a player who has fallen out of love with football, and is just happy to take the money. Long contracts are a big risk for clubs these days.

He is also likely to remain our record Premier League goal scorer for a long time.

[brian green]

You are right Nick of course but that is the curse of Sky, the tacit acceptance that football records began with the Premiership.  I prefer to compare Gabby's attainments with the likes of Johnny Dixon who scored 29 goals in a season from inside left.  The inside forwards were effectively midfield players in the old rigid 2-3-5 set up.