Aston Villa will sit down with trio, Agbonlahor, Delph and Vlaar to discuss new contract extensions at the end of the season. All three players have been stand out performers this season and all three players contracts expire at the end of next season. Agbonlahor is poised to be given a new 4-year contract, keeping him at Villa Park till the age of 31. So it’s looking more and more likely that Agbonlahor will stay at Villa for the remainder of his career.
Ron Vlaar has been very impressive at the back this season. He has organised the defence well and has really stepped up from last season where he was still adapting to the League. On current form, he is Netherlands best centre-back and Paul Lambert will try to get his contract extension signed prior to the World Cup.
Fabian Delph is in the form of his life. He has scored 3 goals this season, and has been by far the best player on the pitch. He will definitely win the player of the season at Aston Villa this year and Lambert will have to be quick to secure the services of this talented player. Delph will surely be up for a significant pay rise, similar to the one that Benteke received last summer. Earlier in the year, Delph has stated that he’d be happy to stay at Villa Park for the rest of his career, so I hope that mentality is still in Delph.
All three players have done enough to deserve new contract extensions. But are there any other players worthy of a contract extension? I’d say Albrighton deserves another year or two and same goes to El Ahmadi. A very unpopular player in many eyes but I don’t think he’s done too badly this season, I’d offer him an extra year just for the sake of stability.
This post appears to be written by someone who has never watchet Villa. AGBONLAHOR is lazy has no touch should have been dropped by now. Did I mention Sooooo LAZY
Gabby Agbonlahor does not deserve a new deal, unless it is at a reduced salary IMO. He has severe limits as a forward. He cannot hit the ball hard, his heading ability is below average. Those are detractions that he cannot alter, but the main problem is his laziness which has to change. He does not make any runs off the ball to take away a defender and allow a colleague more room. His inability to read a target man’s knock downs was disguised during the Heskey partnership because nobody could read Heskey even if you were sitting in the stand. However it is now apparent Gabby cannot read any strike partner, contrast that with Weimann. Finally his outstanding ability which is to outsprint anybody away from half way and place the ball wide of the keeper is completely useless if the opponents have 8 men between him and their goal. Gabby cannot play Arsenal-style one touch around the box to unlock the defence and he cannot shoot hard enough and straight enough to score from outside the area. He is an away-day specialist.
El Ahmadi has improved – I am happy for him to stay, and I would like to see Weimann stay because he will be good again if partnered by different players, which seems likely since Benteke will go. I think also Weimann is intelligent enough to improve, if only given better advice from the management which is in need of urgent change.
OLL I couldn’t have said it better. AGBONLAHOR should be sold. If he stays I wonder if it’s because of the old boy network? He is not good enough and very very Lazy
do u think Vlaar deserves one? he has really improved this season and a million times better than last year. but worried about his injury record as he seems to miss long periods at vital times
I’ve aways said Abonglahor runs like hot and cold water, I remember him getting a bollocking from me in the Doug E stand and the twat got an hat trick, all the crowd said keep it up, I think he cares but some days gives up, could it be he thinks the team been picked wrong and shows it in his play? He has the pace but as OLL said cannot shoot,cannot head a ball, but to me he still has that something the team needs, which takes us back to the manager he is the one that’s doing things wrong and you see it I see it, then why don’t we get the backing from Faulkner and the board to give to that prick in the states. We can all see that arse is not on seats and boxes empty revenue has to show things are not right , either find better accounting company or sell.
Bill he is Lazy haa no touch can not head a ball so how can he be a Orem player at best Championship. He is a very lucky man. Not good enought and oh Lazy
Sorry Ted , yes he does tend to hold back in some games but I still think he can be dangerous to defender’s, at times. If you ask me its dressing room problems and why do I think that ? Simple the lads a Villa man and Fan, it must hurt to see Lambert f*,k the side up like he has with bad out of position player’s, I would say out of our squad of player’s you could piss 20 off out of the club as bottom league dross.
Jesus lads what is this Gabby bashing day? Ok so he aint Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi rolled into one but then again we aint Barcelona or Real Madrid and he aint on half a mill a week.
The lads Villa through and through, loyal and that’s a rare thing these days, something you can’t buy, something to be cherished and admired.
OK he’s got his flaws but how many forwards terrorised Viditch in his pomp? On his day he’s a f**king nightmare to play against so come on people give it a break, get off his back he’s one of our own.
BWS two great minds think alike.. he’s acceptable to me.
Lol. too right bill.
Gabby gabby gabby gabby gabby agbonlahor!
he’s fast as fuuuuuuuuck he’s fast as fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
I’ve got Gabby’s name on the back of my shirt. We all bemoan players with no loyalty to the clubs they play for, Gabby (and Albrighton, while we’re here) has it in spades. He (and Albrighton) has a place at Villa. Don’t forget he’s a striker, not a left sided player. So what if he’s an away specialist, we have a squad of 25 players, interchange him with someone like Grealish when a 4-4-2 is what’s needed.
loyalty only works if two parties work benteke has scored nearly half amount of goals gabby has in probarly one third games on a third of his money why does gabby not pass the ball to benteke either if you watch he will give it to nearly anybody else time to sell and get centre forwad who scores more than 5 in a season thats what they are for forwads scoring
There are two arguments here. I am not faulting Gabby’s loyalty, and yes I really would like to see a team of all Brummie born lads that can hold its own in the Prem. The city is big enough to generate enough footballers of that standard. I am with the crowd too in forgiving players who are Villa fans a few more bad games than I would an overseas mercenary.
But go back to the comments after the Stoke game and see how many of the regular bloggers were appalled by Gabby’s display.
OK the majority want to give him his new contract, I concede. But I have an idea, let’s pay him by the mile!
Great minds seem to think alike OLL 🙂
A high percentage of the regular bloggers on here are usually appalled whatever the display..
Gabby’s an interesting one.
While I agree, that he’s not a very good player overall, he does offer something different with his pace.
And on it’s day, it can be devastating.
The trouble is, he doesn’t use it often enough or it just doesn’t work.
And if he’s losing interest because he doesn’t believe the team is being played correctly, I’d get rid just for that reason.
Then again, I agree with the comments that say he’s total Villa, which is worth recognising.
And that he shouldn’t be played wide.
Bear in mind, he’s probably our highest paid starter on £56k a week from memory.
Would I give him another contract at that money?
No way, unless it was mainly incentive based.
I addressed Delph in a previous article and would give Vlaar a new contract, but only if he’s due one imminently.
Evenin all Gabbys our Gerrard he’s stuck at Villa loves the villa & supports the villa so long may he stay hopefully till the end of his career go down in history.Vlaar & Delph seem to be coming on good this season so all good for the three.I hope we give Manure a fuckin pasting tomorrow UTV
Jay Dee,
While I agree with your sentiment, he’s hardly a Gerrard mate.
He lived very close to where I do now, but that isn’t enough for me.
You have to perform in the Prem and if you take the fact that he’s a local lad away from it, would you say he’s been good enough overall?
I don’t know mate.
As for tomorrow, well I’m hoping we’ll get a preview post by Adam.
Tough call for me.
Too be fair, Gerrard did try to get a move away to Chelsea after putting in a transfer request.
True wasn’t he threatened into staying by the Liverpool mafia allegedly. ?
Once upon a time a well known football player from Liverpool who when he was a youngster got into a bit of grief with the son of a well known Liverpool gangster, another well known Liverpool gangster sorted it out (one that this well known football player had testified as character witness at his trial).
Roll on a few years later and this player was on the verge of joining a big London club, it was allegedly a done deal,that was until the gangster that had sorted the problem turned up on the players parents door step and told them – “Tell your boy he’s going nowhere “..
The end.
Yep i read something similar whether it’s true or not who knows.
Has any team of any significance ever came in for Gabby……I’d like to have seen how committed he would have been had Chelsea came in for £100k pw. But let’s be honest, nobody in the top 10 would want him anyway!! No spacial awareness, shit shot, shit head, shit pass, shit touch, would struggle to read a magazine and needs 150yds in behind the defence to be effective! Sign him if only for comedy value of that ridiculous tache!!
That’s why he plays for us because he’s shit. He is just a slightly better quality of shit than the other turds we have. Though from what iv heard about gabby he is a home boy I don’t think he would ever leave anyway. I think arsenal showed interest in him some years ago. No decent player in their right mind would sign for us at the moment and who can blame them.