Gary Gardner - including loan to Coventry

[Holy Trinity]

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

i dont care if he stinks the place out when he plays for us, i like seeing the youth team make it good or bad give him a game in claret and blue before tossing him aside for a month, but twisted logic may be we are notoriously bad over the festive period and have a tough run of games so maybe hes going to cov in preperation for a chance in jan and feb

[Rick_avfc]

I do not see the point in loaning Gardner out to Coventry.  He has been playing excellent for the reserves and in the next gen series so should be worthy of a place on the bench if not a start for the starting 11.  Did everton loan out Rooney?  Did Liverpool loan out Michael Owen?  Did leeds loan out James Milner?  NO!  They believed in their youth player and gave them a chance to shine and boy did those players pay back the faith their club shown in them. 
Yet another pathetic decision by the club!

[PaulWinch again]

I hope this is purely to get him first team football at a reasonable level, to prepare him to come into the first team when he comes back.

[taylorsworkrate]

If the squad was a lot bigger / better, I could understand it.

But it isn't, so I can't.

[VillaAlways]

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

i dont care if he stinks the place out when he plays for us, i like seeing the youth team make it good or bad give him a game in claret and blue before tossing him aside for a month, but twisted logic may be we are notoriously bad over the festive period and have a tough run of games so maybe hes going to cov in preperation for a chance in jan and feb

Let's hope were not throwing him into a relegation scrap by then

[Surrey Villain]

I do not see the point in loaning Gardner out to Coventry.  He has been playing excellent for the reserves and in the next gen series so should be worthy of a place on the bench if not a start for the starting 11.  Did everton loan out Rooney?  Did Liverpool loan out Michael Owen?  Did leeds loan out James Milner?  NO!  They believed in their youth player and gave them a chance to shine and boy did those players pay back the faith their club shown in them. 
Yet another pathetic decision by the club!

The frequency of reserve games has diminished in the past few seasons so loaning has become the best way of getting promising players the experience and fitness levels they will need in the Premier League.

[villasjf]

Lets face it he is never going to get in our midfield with Heskey playing a blinder every week and with Hutton on the wing.

[PeterWithe]

Maybe this is for the best although I'd hoped he would get a better gig than a struggling Coventry side, I'd have like to have seen him eased into our first team for the Swansea game but perhaps he isn't looking ready after training with them.

[dave.woodhall]

I do not see the point in loaning Gardner out to Coventry.  He has been playing excellent for the reserves and in the next gen series so should be worthy of a place on the bench if not a start for the starting 11.  Did everton loan out Rooney?  Did Liverpool loan out Michael Owen?  Did leeds loan out James Milner?  NO!  They believed in their youth player and gave them a chance to shine and boy did those players pay back the faith their club shown in them. 
Yet another pathetic decision by the club!

Did Manchester United loan out Beckham? Did we loan out Gabby? Given that he's not played a single minute for the first team yet is already being hyped up as a potential world-beater I don't see the problem in letting him have a couple of games at a  more competitive level than he's ever played at before, especially as our next month or so isn't the type of situation to pitch him into. Hopefully he'll be with us for another decade - six weeks maximum isn't going to make much difference.

[Neil Hawkes]

Don't be silly Dave, that's far to sensible.....what on earth were you thinking?

[Mazrim]

They'd better look after him.

[Risso]

I do not see the point in loaning Gardner out to Coventry.  He has been playing excellent for the reserves and in the next gen series so should be worthy of a place on the bench if not a start for the starting 11.  Did everton loan out Rooney?  Did Liverpool loan out Michael Owen?  Did leeds loan out James Milner?  NO!  They believed in their youth player and gave them a chance to shine and boy did those players pay back the faith their club shown in them. 
Yet another pathetic decision by the club!

Did Manchester United loan out Beckham? Did we loan out Gabby? Given that he's not played a single minute for the first team yet is already being hyped up as a potential world-beater I don't see the problem in letting him have a couple of games at a  more competitive level than he's ever played at before, especially as our next month or so isn't the type of situation to pitch him into. Hopefully he'll be with us for another decade - six weeks maximum isn't going to make much difference.

Were Manchester United playing Alan Hutton and Emile Heskey in midfield?

[PaulWinch again]

I'm guessing it has been done in light of the fixtures we have next month. We're unlikely to throw him in in most of these games.

[Rick_avfc]

I do not see the point in loaning Gardner out to Coventry.  He has been playing excellent for the reserves and in the next gen series so should be worthy of a place on the bench if not a start for the starting 11.  Did everton loan out Rooney?  Did Liverpool loan out Michael Owen?  Did leeds loan out James Milner?  NO!  They believed in their youth player and gave them a chance to shine and boy did those players pay back the faith their club shown in them. 
Yet another pathetic decision by the club!

Did Manchester United loan out Beckham? Did we loan out Gabby? Given that he's not played a single minute for the first team yet is already being hyped up as a potential world-beater I don't see the problem in letting him have a couple of games at a  more competitive level than he's ever played at before, especially as our next month or so isn't the type of situation to pitch him into. Hopefully he'll be with us for another decade - six weeks maximum isn't going to make much difference.

Were Manchester United playing Alan Hutton and Emile Heskey in midfield?

EXACTLY!

[PeterWithe]

I'm guessing it has been done in light of the fixtures we have next month. We're unlikely to throw him in in most of these games.

I've just had a look and there are winnable games against Swansea, Bolton, Liverpool and Stoke with the Arsenal home game also a chance of a draw. Its not as bad as I feared.