Gary Gardner - including loan to Coventry

[dave.woodhall]

'I do worry about young Gary, it appears he was the one to choose Coventry.' quote


I have a very nice auntie in Coventry.  It's not that bad.  Perhaps Gardner minor also has relatives there?

I had a very nice auntie in Burnham but it was still a shithole.

[olaftab]

As the loan is short I am quite happy. He can go and play some Championship  competitive games and develop. The only worry is that Cov are a crap team and he could end up doing  lot of work.

[pauliewalnuts]

As it's not too far from me, I'm thinking I might take in a game at the Ricoh to see how he's doing.

[Greg N'Ash]

Probably go with the let him go to cov viewpoint. He could be the new Cowans/Cruyff/Charlton but i'm not a fan of sticking in young untried players into a side that is likely to be on the end of a few kickings in the next month. Certainly not as the great white hope to save our midfield - he'll be slagged off to high heaven if he has a bad game. Let him find his feet there. As long as he plays every weekend mind

[cheltenhamlion]

If you do Cov I will pop along Mr Robins.

[timeoutbigbar]

He'll be back at Villa Park for the next round of Nextgen matches. He is key to us winning the trophy. This is seen as the number 1 priority for the season.

I'm as positive about our NextGen challenge as the next man but assuming Ajax beat Rosenborg then aren't we away at Barcelona in the quarters?  Though I understand they've been playing there U17 team so far the smug bastards.

Well their 'youth' (B) team play in the Spanish second tier, so doubt they can release players from that team as it compromises the promotion to the top league if they play weaker players.

Pretty sure B teams playing in second tier in spain can't be promoted to top flight

I realise that.  I didn't mean their own promotion chances, I meant that if they released players to play in a tournament that was to the the majority 'unnecessary' then the Spanish league (LFP) would object based on the affect it would have on the Spanish segunda.  It would trivialise the whole league.

[taylorsworkrate]

Probably go with the let him go to cov viewpoint. He could be the new Cowans/Cruyff/Charlton but i'm not a fan of sticking in young untried players into a side that is likely to be on the end of a few kickings in the next month. Certainly not as the great white hope to save our midfield - he'll be slagged off to high heaven if he has a bad game. Let him find his feet there. As long as he plays every weekend mind

Hopefully the club has an agreement with Coventry that he'll automatically play.  Pointless otherwise.

[SoccerHQ]

The worst thing about this is that I'll have to watch Coventry and hope that he does well.  Bastards.

yes, that thought crossed my mind to

Nah, I'll be happy with him scoring hat-tricks and them losing 4-3 every week.

[darren woolley]

I hope he does well while on loan there he will gain valuable experience going out on loan it will get him used to playing first team football and hopefully he comes back and we play him because he his a top talent.

[Dave Cooper please]

The worst thing about this is that I'll have to watch Coventry and hope that he does well.  Bastards.

yes, that thought crossed my mind to

Yes, Gary can do well and Cov can lose 4-3 every week.

*EDIT* As SoccerHQ said above!

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Was sceptical about a loan period at first. But now think that a month at Cov will really help him on pace and a taste of playing on a regular basis. Surely it has been agreed that he goes straight in the first team ? Coventry are really struggling and i am worried he might have his confidence seriously tested, but thats all part of the experience ......

[Ad@m]

Probably go with the let him go to cov viewpoint. He could be the new Cowans/Cruyff/Charlton but i'm not a fan of sticking in young untried players into a side that is likely to be on the end of a few kickings in the next month. Certainly not as the great white hope to save our midfield - he'll be slagged off to high heaven if he has a bad game. Let him find his feet there. As long as he plays every weekend mind

Hopefully the club has an agreement with Coventry that he'll automatically play.  Pointless otherwise.

Not sure we can dictate to other clubs who they pick in their first team.

Anyway, if he's as good as is made out on here, surely he'll be in their first team because they need him?

[Villafirst]

I think he should've had more opportunity by now, especially as our midfield has been so inept at times this season. I think the club's policy at times with promising young players has been poor. I think Clark should be in - he was outstanding last season. Marc Albrighton has hardly had a chance this year, the same goes for the Fonz. instead we have a boring defensive minded manager in AM who choose to play Hutton on the wing when he had specialist wingers in Albrighton and N'Zogbia. I predict a tough December with very few points gained meaning we'll be bottom six come the New Year - then the calls for AM to go will get stronger.

[taylorsworkrate]

Probably go with the let him go to cov viewpoint. He could be the new Cowans/Cruyff/Charlton but i'm not a fan of sticking in young untried players into a side that is likely to be on the end of a few kickings in the next month. Certainly not as the great white hope to save our midfield - he'll be slagged off to high heaven if he has a bad game. Let him find his feet there. As long as he plays every weekend mind

Hopefully the club has an agreement with Coventry that he'll automatically play.  Pointless otherwise.

Not sure we can dictate to other clubs who they pick in their first team.

Anyway, if he's as good as is made out on here, surely he'll be in their first team because they need him?

Well no we can't force Coventry to play him.  However, when the request for the loan came in, the least I'd expect is for someone our end to ask the question "Is he going to play?".

If he ends up playing one game and sitting on the bench for the rest of the loan, then it would have been of absolutely no benefit to him or us.

I can't see him not playing, but you never know.

[Chris Smith]

Why would Coventry take him if they're not going to play him?