Gary Gardner - Retired

[QuintonVilla]

Not good enough.

[garyshawsknee]

Shame he has had those injuries when he was younger, stopped any progress. He's never gonna reach the heights that his brother has, which is pretty sad.

[Matt Collins]

It's not over for him, but today was pretty much the same set of shortcomings I've always seen in him

[Mister E]

I'd say "probably not good enough" ... But it was only one game. Westwood certainly didn't eclipse him.

[Matt Collins]

Westwood was definitely better than Gardner today. Definitely

[SoccerHQ]

Can't play in a two man midfield, pretty sure at Forest and elsewhere he's played in 4-3-3.

He just dosen't have the mobility after the injuries.

[pbavfckuwait]

Is he going to be put in the drawer with alot of our players, that when they are not in a Villa shirt solves our problems, when they are do not.

[brian green]

Woodhall's Theorem at work again Kuwait.  The less you see a player the better he gets.

[MonsXI]

I just don't see what he actually offers, if he wasn't a local lad he wouldn't be given the leeway he is afforded.

[aj2k77]

Another of those players we have that aren't particularly good at anything.

[Chris Smith]

He didn't do a lot yesterday but I would like to see a little more of him before totally writing him off.

[mr underhill]

i'm sure people have been saying that or something similar for the last three or four years.

[saunders_heroes]

Woodhall's Theorem at work again Kuwait.  The less you see a player the better he gets.

Same with Joe Bennett. Fans calling for him to replace the inept Cissokho are in for a shock. Bennett is certainly the worst fullback and perhaps the most out of his depth footballer I've ever seen in a Villa shirt. I certainly don't want him anywhere near our first team again.

[paul_e]

Woodhall's Theorem at work again Kuwait.  The less you see a player the better he gets.

Same with Joe Bennett. Fans calling for him to replace the inept Cissokho are in for a shock. Bennett is certainly the worst fullback and perhaps the most out of his depth footballer I've ever seen in a Villa shirt. I certainly don't want him anywhere near our first team again.

When did you last see him play?

[aj2k77]

Woodhall's Theorem at work again Kuwait.  The less you see a player the better he gets.

Same with Joe Bennett. Fans calling for him to replace the inept Cissokho are in for a shock. Bennett is certainly the worst fullback and perhaps the most out of his depth footballer I've ever seen in a Villa shirt. I certainly don't want him anywhere near our first team again.

When did you last see him play?

Why does that make a difference? He couldn't get in the Bournemouth squad or Sheff Wed team last season and the year before he played in a terrible Brighton team that just stayed up. What's to suggest to anyone he's suddenly gotten any better, no one else seems to have thought otherwise.