After becoming Villa's all-time Premier League leading scorer this seems as good a time as any to reassess the season and career of one of our post-January stand out performers: Gabby Agbonlahor. Is this statistic merely a meaningless Sky-term for 'best striker in a fairly arbitrary stretch of time since Villa last had a really…

Late goals were the order of the weekend as the season entered its crucial phase: Gareth Bale and Juan Mata gave Spurs and Chelsea much-needed late wins in their quests for Champions League qualification, while Gabby Agbonlahor scored a vital late goal for Aston Villa at Norwich. Wigan also needed a late winner to keep…

I'm sure there are tougher jobs than being a football journalist, but it does carry with it a certain degree of stress. For most of the season, I've had to make silk purses out of the sow's ears of Aston Villa performances, and what do I get? Mild admiration from friends and family, that's what.…

One of the best songs at White Hart Lane last season was  "[Younes] Kaboul, Kaboul, Kaboul is on fire!" This season, however, the Frenchman's flames have been extinguished after he suffered a knee injury on the opening day at Newcastle. The heat, though, is beginning to turn back up.

On Monday night Kaboul played 60 minutes (he was only…

At half-time last Sunday at Villa Park, Liverpool found themselves in an all too familiar position. They had not played poorly, in fact they had been the better side, but for all their possession and spurned chances they were undone by a rare opposition attack – and a rather straightforward one at that: a long…