osmark86 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Never really made an impact. Not terrible, not great, just bang ol' average. Good luck to him if this pulls through. Wish him all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 2 hours ago, AshVilla said: I remember Craig saying when he left us it would be to a club in the champions league. Not quite Craig Well, it's a club in the Championship League, close enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderball Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Good luck to him, a pity he never fulfilled the early promise, but really really didnt ever look close in a first team shirt. We need much better than GG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Bit odd that he signed a new deal and now he's out. Was he told he was going to be in the team? Or did we just sign him up so he would cost the buying team more? We may have offered him a signing on free near to his value so if he wasn't going to be part of the plans he can get sold on and we get the fee back. I'm not sure that he'd have signed otherwise. unless we flat out lied to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted July 21, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) Unfortunately one of the ones that has to go. Not good enough for where we are and definately not where we want to be. Good luck Gary! Edited July 21, 2017 by Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I think we have given Gary more than enough chances to prove himself sadly. Time for a move. Was unlucky with 2 major injuries so early in his career but to be brutally honest to have less than 100 starts at 25 tells its own story. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 21 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: I think we have given Gary more than enough chances to prove himself sadly. Time for a move. Was unlucky with 2 major injuries so early in his career but to be brutally honest to have less than 100 starts at 25 tells its own story. Best attribute was his long passing from difficult positions and that never materialised at senior level. Still time to learn, but perhaps not at Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 31 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: I think we have given Gary more than enough chances to prove himself sadly. Time for a move. Was unlucky with 2 major injuries so early in his career but to be brutally honest to have less than 100 starts at 25 tells its own story. Yep, we've given him the opportunities and he's just not the player we thought he could be. Got no problem with him and wish him well at the next club. I'm sure he will have a decent career as a championship player. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Its one of them that you wonder if he didnt suffer such awful injuries that he would turn out as a good player. While he hasnt done it for us I think he could have been a good player if his weaknesses were hidden. he has a good shot, timing into the box and could have done a goalscoring midfield job for us instead of playing centre midfield 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 17 hours ago, DCJonah said: Yep, we've given him the opportunities and he's just not the player we thought he could be. Got no problem with him and wish him well at the next club. I'm sure he will have a decent career as a championship player. Good post, sums up my feelings too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Still really confuses me why he got a new 4 year contract. The last 2 years he's not looked at all likely to 'make it'. Wish him well, can't help but wonder what might have been had injuries not been such a massive part of his career so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 20 hours ago, YLN said: Bit odd that he signed a new deal and now he's out. Was he told he was going to be in the team? Or did we just sign him up so he would cost the buying team more? We may have offered him a signing on free near to his value so if he wasn't going to be part of the plans he can get sold on and we get the fee back. I'm not sure that he'd have signed otherwise. unless we flat out lied to him The new deal would have been an investment to be sure that we would get decent money for him. Shrewd move. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I guarantee Small Heath will be sniffing around him what with their obsession with our players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 4 hours ago, AntrimBlack said: The new deal would have been an investment to be sure that we would get decent money for him. Shrewd move. Like Zuma who has signed a 6 year contract with Chelsea but will probably never be first choice for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2017 On 21/07/2017 at 21:37, YLN said: Bit odd that he signed a new deal and now he's out. Was he told he was going to be in the team? Or did we just sign him up so he would cost the buying team more? We may have offered him a signing on free near to his value so if he wasn't going to be part of the plans he can get sold on and we get the fee back. I'm not sure that he'd have signed otherwise. unless we flat out lied to him All the new deal did was protect his value for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 The lad had scouts from Real Madrid & Inter Milan come to watch him before his first ACL....sadly, he will never live up to what was expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killeen30 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Out for dinner last night with a mate looking at his Instagram feed. So defo still in the U.K. always liked him and had him on the back of last season home shirt after his goal against the scum as I hoped he'd kick on and do something here after that. Sadly it just wasn't gonna happen here after all those injuries. I give him my best and hope he goes on to have a solid career after a move from the Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Always thought he was a lazy sod and a bluffer to be honest. Glad to see the back of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinte_Pest Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 It's a shame people aren't able to be a little more magnanimous when players of this nature leave, He made no egregious slight against the club, was part of the Villa family for a number of years . I wish him well , just don't turn into Cahill, Albrighton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 23, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2017 Good luck to him. But amongst midfielders like Bacuna and Westwood, he managed to look like the worst midfielder in the squad. It's good for us if we let him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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