VillaChris Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 G.Gardner is back on January 1st I think so available for Swansea game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amed Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 He's back in a couple games, surely will feature soon? Tbh I think that was the point of the loan, to get him ready without destroying his confidence in a really bad run of fixtures lets hope being at Coventry does not damage his confidence! i see they are stranded at the bottom of the championship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ads Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 G.Gardner is back on January 1st I think so available for Swansea game. He's back in the squad for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 When I saw Villa v Fiorentina a few years ago and he ran the show, I was certain he would be a major talent. Now he looks lost. He needs to bulk up and gain composure. Otherwise he will be a poorer version of NRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 There is a good player in there somewhere, but it has been lost this season. I would look at Gabby last season, who really seemed to have lost it as a player and was going backwards. This season with fitness on his side he has come back looking marvelous. There is more to Delph showing poor form than him being a rubbish player. I have seen with my own eyes him doing way better than he has done this season. I just hope he can get it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I have seen with my own eyes him doing way better than he has done this season. I just hope he can get it back. Was it in the Premier League though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 There is a good player in there somewhere, but it has been lost this season. I would look at Gabby last season, who really seemed to have lost it as a player and was going backwards. This season with fitness on his side he has come back looking marvelous. There is more to Delph showing poor form than him being a rubbish player. I have seen with my own eyes him doing way better than he has done this season. I just hope he can get it back. This is why I would be loathed to see any of our youngster leave the club this season. Yes Delph is playing poorly, but so is the rest of the team around him. With a different manager at the helm, playing him and his team mates to their strengths and giving him confidence he may become the player we all hoped he would. I personally think his confidence has gone, misplaced passes and lack of control are sure signs of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I have seen with my own eyes him doing way better than he has done this season. I just hope he can get it back. Was it in the Premier League though? It must have been in league 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 There is a good player in there somewhere, but it has been lost this season. I would look at Gabby last season, who really seemed to have lost it as a player and was going backwards. But previously Gabby had proven himself to be a good premiership striker, probably with over 100 appearances at this level and had improved year upon year. Delph has had less than 20 premiership starts and has never shown the form we would have expected from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 He played a lot at the start of the season when we had our 'easy' games and still looked way out of place. Time to move him on in Jan, clearly never going to be good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Apparently he is off back to Leeds again (Loan i think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 ^^Heard this as well from Leeds forums - apparently there is an £800,000 fee involved... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laivasse Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 When a good or promising player transforms into a crap player due to lack of confidence, usually there are still signs that the quality is in there somewhere waiting to be reawoken (I got that sense from Ireland, for example). You'll see a good touch here and there, fleeting glimpses of talent which are then cancelled out by bad decisions. From what I saw of Delph while MON was still here, I had a lot of hope for him. He seemed to have assurance and great close control, plus a lot of determination. Since that knee injury of his, however, he's given nothing to base any more hope on. His touch is now terrible and his forward passing is shambolic. Defensively he offers little. Overall he's like a John Hogg with more dangerous, less effective tackling. In fact his tackling is worse than ever which sadly suggests he hasn't learnt anything since arriving here, and leaves a strong possibility he'll pick up another long injury. A loan could be the best thing for him. I just don't think he has a role with us. Clark and even Herd (who I think is shaky) are better at DM, and the queue for attacking midfield positions is long enough for Delph not to deserve a look-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_bouma Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I want us to try him on the left wing... i think he could flourish there....plus it will take the pressure off him a bit in terms of losing the ball in key areas.. i thought that was where MON originally saw him playing and god knows why we have played him as a central midfielder... he has never been calm enough in possession or strong enough for that position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis_B Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Well Sonic he certainly has more chance of making a winger than Gabby has! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Quotes from Eck: According to Alex McLeish, the Championship club have enquired about taking their former star Fabien Delph back to Elland Road on loan. Delph hasn't been able to make much of an impression since his £6million move to Villa in 2009, and McLeish sounds quite happy to let him get some football. He said: "Fabian is one we might think about going out on loan. "(Leeds manager) Simon Grayson did try to call me (about Delph) but I've not spoken to him yet. I think he spoke to (Villa coach) Kevin MacDonald so I'll get back in touch. "I'm going to speak to Paul Faulkner (Villa's chief executive) to see where the club lies with it." Why the **** is Faulkner deciding what players to keep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I would imagine now that Leeds have accepted a bid from Norwich for Howson that Delph will be on his way to Leeds for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazdavies79 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Why is it easier to speak to the media than Grayson or Faulkner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Daley Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I would hope the reason he has to check with Faulkner is that he can have the go ahead to use Delph wages and loan fee to bring somone else in, if not then he has to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemanscott Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 This is great news, let him get half a season under his belt and rediscover his touch. If he comes back and still doesn't produce, we'll know he isn't cut out for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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