Gary Gardner - including loan to Coventry

[Iago]

I am really struggling to understand what is going on at the club lately. It's just one mindfuck after another.

I hope we have contacted SAF to see if sending Gary was the right decision.

[villasjf]

It is being reported in the Coventry Telegraph and The Express and Star that he is joining Coventry at the foot of the championship. From staring in the England U21s and our Next Gen series he goes to a team struggling to survive. OK it will give him some first team experience but he should be very close to getting on the bench for us. I really hope he doesn't get injured.

[Meanwood Villa]

Thought we might see him feature on Sunday with what everyone's been saying, seems a strange one.

[villasjf]

Mods, please merge with the other thread started at same time.

[Meanwood Villa]

I am really struggling to understand what is going on at the club lately. It's just one mindfuck after another.

I hope we have contacted SAF to see if sending Gary was the right decision.

I bet Randy can't wait to get the reply so he can mount it and put it up in the boardroom

[Legion]

Has this been announced officially yet?

[Risso]

I am really struggling to understand what is going on at the club lately. It's just one mindfuck after another.

I hope we have contacted SAF to see if sending Gary was the right decision.

Well, there's probably a fair bit of space in Lerner's safe these days.  A big, Habib Beye wages sized space.

[villasjf]

I totally agree HT, perhaps The Ginge could see we had a glint of hope and was ordered to dash it.

[Small Rodent]

Sounds sensible to me. If they're preparing him for entry to the first team soon; a few full games in the competitiveness of the championship (how I hate typing that) is far better than 5 minute cameos for Villa. Its only 6 weeks.

[Risso]

I've merged all the Gardner threads and amended the title.  No point in having three seperate threads for the lad.

[VillaAlways]

Has this been announced officially yet?

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2525726,00.html

[Legion]

Has this been announced officially yet?

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2525726,00.html

Thanks.

[Greg N'Ash]

For Gardner's sake, I hope he really is as good as the hypabole on here suggests or he's going to sink under the level of expectation when he does eventually play for us

[CJ]

There goes my team selection for Sunday. I'd have him in the team now - looked solid enough and ready earlier in the season - and if McLeish thinks Heskey and Hutton are better midfielders than Gardner he's lost what little plot he had.

[taylorsworkrate]

Well isn't that annoying?

Even something as simple as seeing a prospect like Gardner getting some game time would have lifted morale.

Oh well, when you have world class midfielders like Heskey and Hutton I suppose you can afford to do this.