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Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #735 on: July 27, 2018, 02:45:24 PM »
I wrote him off well over a year ago. And I don't think he ripped up any trees at barnsley. One goal I think?

But I admit he's looked a lot better this pre season than previous ones. Normally he gives the ball away constantly and has a first touch like an elephant

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #736 on: July 29, 2018, 09:51:53 PM »
Surely Salford city would take him to bolster their squad.  Please go!

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #737 on: July 29, 2018, 10:02:22 PM »
he is going to end up our longest serving player isn't he ?

Offline Damo70

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #738 on: July 29, 2018, 10:12:53 PM »
he is going to end up our longest serving player isn't he ?

Not only that but he is on course to be the first player to qualify for a testimonial having played less games for us in the seven years since his debut (33) than he has out on loan to other clubs (74).

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #739 on: July 29, 2018, 10:18:17 PM »
Must be poor if not even someone like Barnsley don't want him.  Shame as he was a great prospect.

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #740 on: July 29, 2018, 10:34:18 PM »
I wonder if the better informed than me consider he could play a sole holding role in dront of a back three?  Pace would not be an issue.

Think Barnsley and Forest played him in that postion and he did o.k at both.

Both clubs were battling relegation though.

Offline brentastonb6

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #741 on: August 01, 2018, 12:14:30 AM »
Must be poor if not even someone like Barnsley don't want him.  Shame as he was a great prospect.
Maybe knowing us we pay too much in wages for these clubs to match ?

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #742 on: August 01, 2018, 08:13:02 AM »
We gave him a big new contract half way through Bruce's first season

Within 6 months Bruce had realised hes not good enough but by now we'd priced him out of the market

Classic villa

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #743 on: August 01, 2018, 08:25:51 AM »
Didn't Bruce get him the new contract when he scored at the sty

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #744 on: August 01, 2018, 08:35:49 AM »
I've no idea what we're paying him, but can't imagine it's silly money.  I can certainly understand the logic of giving him a contract rather than letting him walk for free.  He is young, pre-injury was always an exciting prospect and had seemed to do well at Forest.  If we had let him go on a free I imagine there would have been a lot of criticism for that too.  The gamble doesn't seem yo have come off, but it seemed a pretty sensible one at the time.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #745 on: August 01, 2018, 08:48:04 AM »
His contract wasn't running out iirc. Bruce just said he deserved parrot with our other first team players

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #746 on: August 01, 2018, 09:31:27 AM »
His contract wasn't running out iirc. Bruce just said he deserved parrot with our other first team players
"deserved parrot": is that colloquial for 'talking bollocks'?

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #747 on: August 01, 2018, 09:46:14 AM »
I've no idea what we're paying him, but can't imagine it's silly money.  I can certainly understand the logic of giving him a contract rather than letting him walk for free.  He is young, pre-injury was always an exciting prospect and had seemed to do well at Forest.  If we had let him go on a free I imagine there would have been a lot of criticism for that too.  The gamble doesn't seem yo have come off, but it seemed a pretty sensible one at the time.

I can’t imagine there’d have been any criticism at all for letting him go, the lad is crap.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #748 on: August 01, 2018, 09:58:03 AM »
His contract wasn't running out iirc. Bruce just said he deserved parrot with our other first team players
"deserved parrot": is that colloquial for 'talking bollocks'?

Deserved parity!

Offline Damo70

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Re: Gary Gardner
« Reply #749 on: August 01, 2018, 11:21:16 AM »
His contract wasn't running out iirc. Bruce just said he deserved parrot with our other first team players

If he deserved parrot does that mean we paid him in pieces of eight?

 


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