It was a poor pass, I agree.But I just watched the highlights on sky. For the equaliser, both McCormack and then Chester put in awful challenges. Nobody mentions itPeople do mention Gardner giving the ball away in the opponents half and a supposedly weak challenge from Westwood for the equaliser. The guy played a 1-2 past him. Not really sure what Westwood should have done Maybe, just maybe, the last four professional football managers have known a bit more about football than the fans who suggest he's shit. I seem to remember some people even sayin Chris herd was better than him. Chris herd!
Quote from: Matt Collins on September 11, 2016, 10:32:36 PMIt was a poor pass, I agree.But I just watched the highlights on sky. For the equaliser, both McCormack and then Chester put in awful challenges. Nobody mentions itPeople do mention Gardner giving the ball away in the opponents half and a supposedly weak challenge from Westwood for the equaliser. The guy played a 1-2 past him. Not really sure what Westwood should have done Maybe, just maybe, the last four professional football managers have known a bit more about football than the fans who suggest he's shit. I seem to remember some people even sayin Chris herd was better than him. Chris herd!Agreed, thought it was Gardner's best display of the season yesterday, faint praise I know !!Out of all the players that could be blamed for the first goal, he would be well down the listBut at least he got on the ball a bit more yesterday and was tidy enough in possessionUnlucky to be taken off I thought
I thought Gardner was our best player in the first half. He sprayed a couple of passes around the pitch and had a run where he won the ball and drove forward to get a free kick on the edge of their box; things I haven't seen a Villa midfielder do since the industrial revolution. However, he was sloppy in the second half and slipped back into looking nervous and unfit, like he has for the rest of the season so far.If we have to rely on him to play the majority of matches this season, we'll struggle to ever get a grip on matches. However, for the odd game here and there he'll be fine, and might start progressing. His performance in the first half gives me hope.I still think, though, that our biggest problem is the system; having a two man midfield (particularly when one of them is Westwood or Gardner) means we're constantly at risk of being overrun. And when we have a one man midfield we're just asking for trouble. Of all the reasons why we didn't win yesterday, Gardner''s performance was a minor one.
He is on twitter a lot and is very receptive to comments - he comes across as a really decent lad and i hope he has a very good season for us - think there have been a few nerves with him - could do with a nice goal to get him in his stride.
Quote from: oldham_villa on September 13, 2016, 06:32:42 PMHe is on twitter a lot and is very receptive to comments - he comes across as a really decent lad and i hope he has a very good season for us - think there have been a few nerves with him - could do with a nice goal to get him in his stride.i might ask him why he parked in a disabled space at a well known supermarket