Steve Bruce should never have shown so much faith in Aston Villa’s Gabriel Agbonlahor

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Aston Villa have been left short up-front this season, with Gabriel Agbonlahor failing to make an impact.

Steve Bruce put his faith in Aston Villa’s Gabriel Agbonlahor over pre-season, but that decision is proving to be a big mistake now.

Villa went into the campaign with Agbonlahor as one of their strikers, despite many fans feeling that the long-serving forward was set for a move elsewhere.

Bruce told the Birmingham Mail about how he wanted to give Agbonlahor a fresh chance, and he had been impressed by the 31-year-old forward.

However, Agbonlahor has barely had any impact this season due to persistent injuries, and the rapid striker’s failings have been exposed.

Villa are now badly struggling for a striker, and Bruce’s decision to stick by Agbonlahor is looking like a major error.

Although Bruce could hardly have foreseen such a bad injury crisis hitting his squad, he did put too much faith in Agbonlahor.

The forward simply has not performed for the claret and blues for a number of seasons, and Bruce’s faith in the forward has proven very misplaced.

Villa were forced to start with Josh Onomah up-front against Derby County, as they fell to a 2-0 defeat at the weekend.

And Bruce may be looking back with some regret now, over not buying a striker in the summer and offloading Agbonlahor, when he had the chance.