{"id":322076,"date":"2011-03-19T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/19\/aston-villa-forward-gabriel-agbonlahor-finding-bench-role-frustrating\/"},"modified":"2011-03-19T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T11:58:00","slug":"aston-villa-forward-gabriel-agbonlahor-finding-bench-role-frustrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/aston-villa-forward-gabriel-agbonlahor-finding-bench-role-frustrating\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa forward Gabriel Agbonlahor finding bench role frustrating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Mar 2011 11:58:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.8831092928\">\n<div readability=\"17.0845771144\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL,Gabriel Agbonlahor,Blackpool vs Aston Villa(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/efeb567b123844_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL,Gabriel Agbonlahor,Blackpool vs Aston Villa(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"34.3273691186\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a> forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/12015\/gabriel-agbonlahor\">Gabriel Agbonlahor<\/a> is frustrated at the lack of starting opportunities lately, with the striker often being forced to play out of position on the right wing when he does play.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of Darren Bent has no doubt contributed to Agbonlahor\u2019s lack of starts since January, the former Sunderland striker&#8217;s signing having greatly increased the competition for places in Villa&#8217;s attacking third.<\/p>\n<p>The change in tactics to a 4-4-1-1 formation would be another reason for the Villa youth product\u2019s lack of starts with Gerard Houllier often choosing to play Ashley Young in the hole behind lone-striker Darren Bent, and then opting for Marc Albrighton on the right wing, with Stewart Downing occupying the left flank.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite not starting either of Villa\u2019s last two games, the England international has said that now isn\u2019t the time for complaining.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>The<\/em> <em>Birmingham Mail<\/em>, Agbonlahor said: \u201cIt has been frustrating as, since I\u2019ve been in the first team, I\u2019ve not really missed many games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is disappointing to be on the bench but it isn\u2019t the time for people to moan. It is about getting the results we need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure what the manager is going to do against Wolves because he doesn\u2019t name the team until just before the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever side goes out there will be up for it and hopefully we can get the points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/efeb567b123844_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/19\/2401860\/aston-villa-forward-gabriel-agbonlahor-finding-bench-role\" title=\"Aston Villa forward Gabriel Agbonlahor finding bench role frustrating\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa forward Gabriel Agbonlahor finding bench role frustrating<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ryan Benson 19 Mar 2011 11:58:00 EPL,Gabriel Agbonlahor,Blackpool vs Aston Villa(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Aston Villa forward Gabriel Agbonlahor is frustrated at the lack of starting opportunities lately, with the striker often being forced to play out of position on the right wing when he does play. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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