Gary Gardner - including loan to Coventry

[Chris Smith]

I can see both sides of the argument here.

he gets invaluable experience, we learn a bit more about him, he's young and you don't want to put too much pressure on him (which i think is what happened to Albrighton last season)

but ...

we've got a midfield last seen featuring Emile Heskey and Alan Hutton, we have struggled there all season, we need options there, maybe he's good enough now and this is our chance to find out.

You're forgetting about Jenas. He's got to have first dibs at staking a claim and while he's at it Gary gets a few games for Cov to see how he gets on paying against older and more experienced players.

[PeterWithesShin]

Disappointed on the one hand as I was hoping to see him play for us soon. On the other hand, I can see the logic in trying to get him some game time at a higher level than he's used to before he hits our first team.

Probably would have preferred him to go to somewhere like Leeds rather than a club that loses every week.

[Merv]

Good (though shame it's Cov...!). He's 19 years old, he needs to be playing some senior football. Doubt we'll be playing him in December, given the run of games we've got.

[Shrek]

We should have tied Gardner to a 5 year deal before loaning him out.

We are a feeder club now, so if we don't tie people down we will lose them to early and for not enough money.

[VillaAlways]

http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10269~2526469,00.html

[N'ZMAV]

If Gardner is as good as all the hype then we better get used to him playing for another team...

[PeterWithe]

I think I'm right in saying that he signed a five year deal recently.

[PaulWinch again]

I hope that's true

[Billy Walker]

If Gardner is as good as all the hype then we better get used to him playing for another team...

I heard him say on AVTV that his dream is to be playing in front of 42,000 crowds at Villa for many years to come.  Hopefully his future will be one of skippering Villa to plenty of trophies.

[Risso]

I heard him say on AVTV that his dream is to be playing in front of 42,000 crowds at Villa for many years to come. 

The way things are going that'll be split over two games!

[bertlambshank]

What if does well at Coventry,the pressure to play him would be too much to ignore.
AM has made the right decision for a change.

[philthebar]

If Gardner is as good as all the hype then we better get used to him playing for another team...

I heard him say on AVTV that his dream is to be playing in front of 42,000 crowds at Villa for many years to come.  Hopefully his future will be one of skippering Villa to plenty of trophies.

Thats been a dream of mine for last 58 years.  Starting to give up hope 

[N'ZMAV]

If Gardner is as good as all the hype then we better get used to him playing for another team...

I heard him say on AVTV that his dream is to be playing in front of 42,000 crowds at Villa for many years to come.  Hopefully his future will be one of skippering Villa to plenty of trophies.

so that'll be once a season then when he's at City or United...

[PeterWithe]

Coventry is a strange choice unless they've a player we want first dibs on or the manager has a good relationship with theirs, the few Cov fans I know say they are dire this year. Its proximity will be a factor but are there not any other, better teams close by?

[Mazrim]

Oh well, it's done now. I hope it goes swimmingly for him and he comes back in one piece.
We're most certainly going to need him in the new year.