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Offline adrenachrome

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #255 on: August 22, 2015, 02:04:43 AM »
One of the the very good things TS has done is building a team of advisors  including but not purely dependent on the old guard. In the current context where we need to shift players out and GG's contract is expiring within a year, they clearly believe he is worth a shot.

Offline villan from luton

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #256 on: August 22, 2015, 02:14:07 AM »
Totally agree, but TS will have seen the lad has potential and it is a shame that awful challenge at Swindon has hampered him again. I am not saying he will be a world beater but the lad obviously has talent

Offline Ger Regan

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #257 on: August 22, 2015, 02:48:05 AM »
Anyone thinking of this sort of contract extension negatively is actively looking for reason to complain. That must be tiring.

Offline eamonn

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #258 on: August 22, 2015, 03:14:16 AM »
Any skillful Villa youth product gets cut plenty of slack as far as I'm concerned. Anyone know how his fitness is at the moment?

Offline Matt C

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #259 on: August 22, 2015, 06:20:29 AM »
Looks to me like we're protecting an investment.

Offline brian green

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #260 on: August 22, 2015, 07:40:56 AM »
Those three words "protecting an investment" sum it up perfectly for me. Like us taking the long view with Nathan Baker it feels like the long overdue fresh air of pragmatic forward planning is blowing away the stink of bullying and bomb squaddery.

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #261 on: August 22, 2015, 08:57:33 AM »
Looks to me like we're protecting an investment.

I agree.  My guess is this will allow us to send him on loan for another whole season (with the loan club paying the vast majority of his wages - i.e. costing us nothing).  He'll then have two year to break through into our team.  At any point we can sell and make a profit. 

The alternative was that he could leave for nothing at the end of this season and I think his loan at Forrest suggested he is potentilly good enough that we could not take that risk both financially and on footballing terms.

Offline Marlon's Hairy Wood

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #262 on: August 22, 2015, 10:50:50 AM »
He really needs to show he's actually got something after those injuries.

He was very impressive at Nottingham Forest last season. Dougie Freedman is trying to re-sign him and the fans absolutely loved him.

Don't worry he's still got it.

He was playing deeper if i recall correctly, as opposed to box to box.  Probably suits him with the pace issue.

Offline dave.woodhall

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #263 on: August 22, 2015, 11:08:08 AM »
Looks to me like we're protecting an investment.

I agree.  My guess is this will allow us to send him on loan for another whole season (with the loan club paying the vast majority of his wages - i.e. costing us nothing).  He'll then have two year to break through into our team.  At any point we can sell and make a profit. 

The alternative was that he could leave for nothing at the end of this season and I think his loan at Forrest suggested he is potentilly good enough that we could not take that risk both financially and on footballing terms.

Exactly. He's probably on around £15 grand a week maximum; if he shows anything for us or on loan this season he'll be an asset, if not he can always be sold next summer.   

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #264 on: August 22, 2015, 11:08:23 AM »
He was playing deeper if i recall correctly, as opposed to box to box.  Probably suits him with the pace issue.

Agree.  Theoretically that position should still allow him to take long shots and free kicks so that aspect should not suffer however it will mitigate the pace thing.

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #265 on: August 22, 2015, 11:11:55 AM »
In a similar way, I see Spurs have just given Pritchard a 3 year deal today/yesterday.

Offline oswald funkletrumpet

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #266 on: August 22, 2015, 01:51:24 PM »
i know he has been unlucky with his cruciate but what is his current fitness status?

playing well for a team that was what tenth in the championship tells you just that, he did ok in the championship. oh and he played well against fulham.

its always jam tomorrow, if he can stay fit, if gabby could regain his form from 5 years ago, if nzog could regain his one good season form.

i fully expect gardner to go down the albrighton, bannan, lihaj, herd, hogg, lowry, weimann route

Offline richardhubbard

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #267 on: August 22, 2015, 04:04:15 PM »
Yes earning decent living

Offline eamonn

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #268 on: August 23, 2015, 02:40:50 AM »
i know he has been unlucky with his cruciate but what is his current fitness status?

playing well for a team that was what tenth in the championship tells you just that, he did ok in the championship. oh and he played well against fulham.

its always jam tomorrow, if he can stay fit, if gabby could regain his form from 5 years ago, if nzog could regain his one good season form.

i fully expect gardner to go down the albrighton, bannan, lihaj, herd, hogg, lowry, weimann route

Albrighton is starring at the top of the table ;)

Offline robbo1874

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #269 on: August 23, 2015, 03:15:50 AM »
Looks a very rash move selling albrightin now, doesn't it? Similarly the lad that went to Wales whittingham was it?

 


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