Gabby

[Chris Jameson]

His 'celebration' when he finally managed to score a goal said it all. He seemed to think that one fucking goal was enough to silence the 'haterzz'.
I can't stand the bloke and can't wait for the day he finally leaves the club.

[aj2k77]

Complete shit house of a player. A real attitude problem, billy bog bollocks, achieved fuck all and let the club, fans and himself down for years. He isn't arsed and it's obvious.

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Gabby up to O'Neill's departure was fine. Save for the back end of the 2013 season, he's been coasting and stealing a living.

I'm not sure how that makes you fickle, changing your view as the circumstances alter.

[Dante Lavelli]

When he broke through he was an purely a fast athlete (I even remember one of the coaches describing him as this).  To his credit he developed his game and evolved to become a reasonably decent focal point of the attack.  Not to mention he played out of position as a winger on numerous occasions without any grumbling. 

It's strange that the hard work, team ethic and hunger which got him this far seems to have completely vanished.  What changed?  He was always on good money so it cannot simply just be the new contract?

[Toronto Villa]

Gabby for a period was unplayable at times. Two footed, could head the ball and lightning speed. Even as he bulked up he acted quite adequately playing up front on his own. He just lost track of what it is that made him potentially very good footballer and the money, fame etc got the better of him. Throw in the turmoil at the club, next to now structure at all coupled with idiots that thought paying him even more would be the solution and the train that was going off track finally came off it. It's a shame that he didn't become one of the great Villa players in history and instead this is where we are.

[eamonn]

When he broke through he was an purely a fast athlete (I even remember one of the coaches describing him as this).  To his credit he developed his game and evolved to become a reasonably decent focal point of the attack.  Not to mention he played out of position as a winger on numerous occasions without any grumbling. 

It's strange that the hard work, team ethic and hunger which got him this far seems to have completely vanished.  What changed?  He was always on good money so it cannot simply just be the new contract?

I think the niggles he got made it harder for him to regain fitness quickly and he got lazier each subsequent time he was injured.

[Ad@m]

When he broke through he was an purely a fast athlete (I even remember one of the coaches describing him as this).  To his credit he developed his game and evolved to become a reasonably decent focal point of the attack.  Not to mention he played out of position as a winger on numerous occasions without any grumbling. 

It's strange that the hard work, team ethic and hunger which got him this far seems to have completely vanished.  What changed?  He was always on good money so it cannot simply just be the new contract?

I think the niggles he got made it harder for him to regain fitness quickly and he got lazier each subsequent time he was injured.

He could just be a sulker.  His best years with us were when the team was doing well.  Since we started to struggle, rather than knuckling down to get us out of it he's chucked the towel in and can't be arsed.

[PeterWithesShin]

Since MON left Gabby has had 2 decent spells. The start of 11/12 with Bent and he then scored 1 the rest of the season after October the 1st. And the tail end of 12/13 when the whole team clicked.

Quite how being fucked off with an attacking player that has had 2 good couple of month spells in 6 years is fickle is beyond me. Especially one that became fatter than Grant Holt such is his professional pride.

Still, i'll probably be called a keyboard warrior by someone sat in Australia.

[john e]

some people hate his guts
some remember the goals but think he's let us down

no ones got the monopoly on how we should all feel about him

[amfy]

When he broke through he was an purely a fast athlete (I even remember one of the coaches describing him as this).  To his credit he developed his game and evolved to become a reasonably decent focal point of the attack.  Not to mention he played out of position as a winger on numerous occasions without any grumbling. 

It's strange that the hard work, team ethic and hunger which got him this far seems to have completely vanished.  What changed?  He was always on good money so it cannot simply just be the new contract?

I think the niggles he got made it harder for him to regain fitness quickly and he got lazier each subsequent time he was injured.

I think this.

He also kept having to come back before he was ready from hamstring and achilles injuries, which is a killer for a player whose main asset is pace.

.......and having been advised to 'bulk up', every time he was injured the muscle ran more and more easily to fat. He'd have got used to a high calorie, muscle building diet, but wasn't able to do the excercise to stop all those calories landing on his middle.

I think it got harder and harder to stay in shape, and he lost motivation to do so.

[PeterWithesShin]

I can't stand him these days but remember some of his goals with pleasure. No one is telling anyone how to feel about him, but I take exception to some acting as though people have turned on him after one bad spell, it's been 6 years years of mostly shit from him. I doubt there's any player at any club in the world that wouldn't be getting grief after being shite for the majority of 6 seasons.

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He's scored some of the best goals I've seen over the past ten years in terms of how happy they've made me, but that's a long time ago. He gave up and hasn't offered us anything in a long, long time, so much so that he's taking the piss with his attitude.

[Steve67]

He's scored some of the best goals I've seen over the past ten years in terms of how happy they've made me, but that's a long time ago. He gave up and hasn't offered us anything in a long, long time, so much so that he's taking the piss with his attitude.

This sums it up for me.  I fail to understand why anyone would say differently.  To be fair, even under MON, his highest goal tally was only 13 (iirc).  The ear cupping shit last season was such a "I don't give a fuck what you think, I think I am brilliant" knock at the fans that he should have been dragged of immediately by 'Mr 35 years experience'.  To do what he did last season, not once, but at least twice just shows you the contempt in which he holds the fans, the club, the management.  He does not deserve another chance.  The man is a disgrace.  My job is a sensitive one, but I know that, if I chose to act in the way Agbonlahor did, I would not get another job anywhere. Totally undeserving of another four year contract and this shows me how plainly idiotic the hierarchy was to award poor performance.

[paul_e]

He's scored some of the best goals I've seen over the past ten years in terms of how happy they've made me, but that's a long time ago. He gave up and hasn't offered us anything in a long, long time, so much so that he's taking the piss with his attitude.

This sums it up for me.  I fail to understand why anyone would say differently.  To be fair, even under MON, his highest goal tally was only 13 (iirc).  The ear cupping shit last season was such a "I don't give a fuck what you think, I think I am brilliant" knock at the fans that he should have been dragged of immediately by 'Mr 35 years experience'.  To do what he did last season, not once, but at least twice just shows you the contempt in which he holds the fans, the club, the management.  He does not deserve another chance.  The man is a disgrace.  My job is a sensitive one, but I know that, if I chose to act in the way Agbonlahor did, I would not get another job anywhere. Totally undeserving of another four year contract and this shows me how plainly idiotic the hierarchy was to award poor performance.

13 goals for a 2nd striker is fine if you hav4e another one getting 15-20, if he'd got 10-12 every season for the last 6 years his reputation would be firmly intact and he'd be a club legend.

The problem was when he started getting 4, 5 or 6 and thinking it was enough and then last season getting 1 in 18 was the final nail in the coffin.

[KevinGage]

Haterz gonna hate.

Players gonna procreate.

And not play, much.

What other professional sports club would let a highly paid individual take the piss for the best part of six years.