Craig Gardner

[Irish villain]

Maybe he said some of that stuff about being a Blose fan because he feared the crowd down there?

[Chris Smith]

I never particuarly rated him so wasn't sorry when he left but to score the goals he did from midfield in a struggling side shows that he's got something.

That said I don't want him back but suspect that we're going to have get used to the press making up links to any player with a connection to McLeish and also to some people taking them seriosuly.

[Chris Smith]

Maybe he said some of that stuff about being a Blose fan because he feared the crowd down there?

Or maybe it was beacuse he is a Nose.

[Risso]

I don't think he's good enough, he might score a few goals from midfield, but he's not got any creativity to his game, and that's why he probably suited Birmingham's style of play perfectly.

To sum him up, he's the opposite of Charlie Adam, who scores goals but does it on the back of playing nice football as well.

[pauliewalnuts]

Would it be worth buying back Gardner when we've got a much better, similar player in Delph already (and who we paid 8 million pounds for)?

[Irish villain]

Maybe he said some of that stuff about being a Blose fan because he feared the crowd down there?

Or maybe it was beacuse he is a Nose.

I accept that, but he is a professional footballer....we'd have to accept him if he came back. I'd like to think we're bigger than the Rangers/Celtic stuff.

[Chris Smith]

Would it be worth buying back Gardner when we've got a much better, similar player in Delph already (and who we paid 8 million pounds for)?

No.

I always assumed that signing Delph was the reason we let Gardner go and, as you say, he's a much better player.

[Jimbo]

No thanks. If we're going to be taking players from them, there are better options. If we take too many players off them, we'll end up being them. And that would mean the majority of us losing 50 or so IQ points. So, again, no thanks.

[Risso]

Would it be worth buying back Gardner when we've got a much better, similar player in Delph already (and who we paid 8 million pounds for)?

No.

I always assumed that signing Delph was the reason we let Gardner go and, as you say, he's a much better player.

Not to mention Gardner junior who by all accounts is a much better player.  No, I think as you say we'll be linked with all sorts off riff raff from Blues, but the only ones I'd even consider would be Foster and Dann.

[Tony Boucher]

Why would we want him?  He was clearly not good enough when we sold him & it would be a huge backward step if we got him back.  His passing is abysmal & other than having a decent shot, I can't see what he offers.  Delph has already shown 10x more quality during his occasional appearances.

[TaxDodger]

I can't think of too many players I'd be less excited to see us sign. We should be aiming to sign better players than Craig Gardner.

[Rick_avfc]

I wouldnt want this pile of 5h1te back at the villa considering what he said when he moved over to the dark side.  plus, he isn't that good.  He was the best player in a rubbish side. 
I dont think we can rule this out anyway as we thought the board would listen to the majority of villa fans that said no to Eck but they still went ahead and brought him on board.

[SamTheMouse]

He can come back, providing he plays for free and doesn't mind warming the bench. Never was good enough in my view. Good shot on him, but sod all else.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

I'd prefer it if we put in a bid for Craig David.

[N'Rexy]

I'd prefer Craig Charles and his crack pipe.