Gabby

[ChicagoLion]

For six years now this football club has been a circus with managers and players coming through a revolving door.
There has been no consistency of leadership or discipline.
Gabby is a symptom of this malaise of managerial incompetance at every level.
Of course the idiot should know better, but at the end of it he is just an overpaid lazy thick rich footballer on a contract he does not deserve.

[clash city rocker]

Gabby might have pots of money but he commands nil respect...Peter Withe on the other hand has nowhere near Gabby's riches but commands enormous respect. You might say who cares about respect it's money that matters but money ain't everything. Once gabby,s contract runs out he will soon come to realise the esteem in which people hold him.If I passed gabby in the street I wouldn't give him a second look but if I saw either on the opposite side of the road I'd cross over to shake is hand. Money ain't everything gabby but by the time you realise it,it will be too late and if you do blow all your money no fucker is going to help you.

[Chris Jameson]

I was chatting to Paul Reaney (ex Leeds full back) last year, he was telling me that he and some of the players from the title winning side were hoping to hire venues to do Q&A sessions as several of them are struggling financially and not in great health. This is a man who played over 500 games for Leeds, winning the title and FA Cup and who George Best described as his toughest opponent and the best defender he faced.

The following day I saw that arrogant cock Danny Mills, who never won a thing as a player and played in the same position as Reaney but retired an incredibly wealthy man. I know they're different times and all that but like Agbonlahor, Mills wasn't fit to lace the boots of players from a previous era but have been rewarded excessively for their mediocrity.

[OzVilla]

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

Gabby is the single greatest example of the incompetence of the Lerner years. He reflects the way the club was being managed, lazy, ignorant and showing no desire, a near enough will be good enough approach.

It went right through from the owner, chief exec, coaching staff and club captain. Gabby is
a relic of this.  He'll have regrets one day I'm sure.

[pauliewalnuts]

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

Gabby is the single greatest example of the incompetence of the Lerner years. He reflects the way the club was being managed, lazy, ignorant and showing no desire, a near enough will be good enough approach.

It went right through from the owner, chief exec, coaching staff and club captain. Gabby is
a relic of this.  He'll have regrets one day I'm sure.

He's the poster boy for the meek acceptance of the truly mediocre of the last six years.

[tomd2103]

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.

How long was Zigic at the Blues for?

[LukeJames]

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.

How long was Zigic at the Blues for?

Jim to the thread.

[Sunny 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.

I can give a personal quote x lad is a footballer he is tricky scores goals from anywhere and is not far off the pace of Gabby .

But they like his pace .it's direct and that is what they are looking for . I would have been screwed so would Gary and Gordon ...and loads of others

The boy A everybody loves . respectful not a hint of arrogance off the field .

But I think this determination is going to make him fall out of love for football .

He is a Villa fan first and a footballer second .Some people just don't get it .

So sorry for lad x  gutted for him as are most of the coaching staff .

Good luck .

[ChicagoLion]

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.

I can give a personal quote x lad is a footballer he is tricky scores goals from anywhere and is not far off the pace of Gabby .

But they like his pace .it's direct and that is what they are looking for . I would have been screwed so would Gary and Gordon ...and loads of others

The boy A everybody loves . respectful not a hint of arrogance off the field .

But I think this determination is going to make him fall out of love for football .

He is a Villa fan first and a footballer second .Some people just don't get it .

So sorry for lad x  gutted for him as are most of the coaching staff .

Good luck .

wise words mate

[Mister E]

I was chatting to Paul Reaney (ex Leeds full back) last year, he was telling me that he and some of the players from the title winning side were hoping to hire venues to do Q&A sessions as several of them are struggling financially and not in great health. This is a man who played over 500 games for Leeds, winning the title and FA Cup and who George Best described as his toughest opponent and the best defender he faced.

The following day I saw that arrogant cock Danny Mills, who never won a thing as a player and played in the same position as Reaney but retired an incredibly wealthy man. I know they're different times and all that but like Agbonlahor, Mills wasn't fit to lace the boots of players from a previous era but have been rewarded excessively for their mediocrity.

In similar vein, I met Brendan Ormsby a few years' ago. Neither an international nor major trophy winner but a former England youth captain and briefly a bit of a potential star.
He'd just finished his post-delivery round and looked a little run down

[Vegas]

I was chatting to Paul Reaney (ex Leeds full back) last year, he was telling me that he and some of the players from the title winning side were hoping to hire venues to do Q&A sessions as several of them are struggling financially and not in great health. This is a man who played over 500 games for Leeds, winning the title and FA Cup and who George Best described as his toughest opponent and the best defender he faced.

The following day I saw that arrogant cock Danny Mills, who never won a thing as a player and played in the same position as Reaney but retired an incredibly wealthy man. I know they're different times and all that but like Agbonlahor, Mills wasn't fit to lace the boots of players from a previous era but have been rewarded excessively for their mediocrity.

So your point is .... modern footballers get paid well?

I thought this was a thread on objectionable, piss-taking behaviour over a number of years by Gabby. Like him or not, Danny Mills is not the same thing at all - made the best of his modest talent, committed, ended up winning 30 odd England caps.

[Jimbo]

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

Gabby is the single greatest example of the incompetence of the Lerner years. He reflects the way the club was being managed, lazy, ignorant and showing no desire, a near enough will be good enough approach.

It went right through from the owner, chief exec, coaching staff and club captain. Gabby is
a relic of this.  He'll have regrets one day I'm sure.

He's the poster boy for the meek acceptance of the truly mediocre of the last six years.

Mediocre? We were nowhere near that good.

When someone as dense as Gabby can run rings around our board, it's not surprising we turned into perhaps the shittest Villa side any of us have ever seen.

[Percy McCarthy]

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.

I can give a personal quote x lad is a footballer he is tricky scores goals from anywhere and is not far off the pace of Gabby .

But they like his pace .it's direct and that is what they are looking for . I would have been screwed so would Gary and Gordon ...and loads of others

The boy A everybody loves . respectful not a hint of arrogance off the field .

But I think this determination is going to make him fall out of love for football .

He is a Villa fan first and a footballer second .Some people just don't get it .

So sorry for lad x  gutted for him as are most of the coaching staff .

Good luck .

I don't get it.

[Chris Jameson]

I was chatting to Paul Reaney (ex Leeds full back) last year, he was telling me that he and some of the players from the title winning side were hoping to hire venues to do Q&A sessions as several of them are struggling financially and not in great health. This is a man who played over 500 games for Leeds, winning the title and FA Cup and who George Best described as his toughest opponent and the best defender he faced.

The following day I saw that arrogant cock Danny Mills, who never won a thing as a player and played in the same position as Reaney but retired an incredibly wealthy man. I know they're different times and all that but like Agbonlahor, Mills wasn't fit to lace the boots of players from a previous era but have been rewarded excessively for their mediocrity.

So your point is .... modern footballers get paid well?

I thought this was a thread on objectionable, piss-taking behaviour over a number of years by Gabby. Like him or not, Danny Mills is not the same thing at all - made the best of his modest talent, committed, ended up winning 30 odd England caps.

Sorry Vegas, would you like me to run things past you first?

You are aware of how H&V runs I take it. We'll be talking about biscuits or show horning Pretenders song lyrics sooner or later. I think it's only fair to warn you.

[German James]

I was chatting to Paul Reaney (ex Leeds full back) last year, he was telling me that he and some of the players from the title winning side were hoping to hire venues to do Q&A sessions as several of them are struggling financially and not in great health. This is a man who played over 500 games for Leeds, winning the title and FA Cup and who George Best described as his toughest opponent and the best defender he faced.

The following day I saw that arrogant cock Danny Mills, who never won a thing as a player and played in the same position as Reaney but retired an incredibly wealthy man. I know they're different times and all that but like Agbonlahor, Mills wasn't fit to lace the boots of players from a previous era but have been rewarded excessively for their mediocrity.

So your point is .... modern footballers get paid well?

I thought this was a thread on objectionable, piss-taking behaviour over a number of years by Gabby. Like him or not, Danny Mills is not the same thing at all - made the best of his modest talent, committed, ended up winning 30 odd England caps.

Sorry Vegas, would you like me to run things past you first?

You are aware of how H&V runs I take it. We'll be talking about biscuits or show horning Pretenders song lyrics sooner or later. I think it's only fair to warn you.

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