I can no longer take that phrase seriously having been told as a statement of fact, 'Gary Gardener is highly regarded at Villa'.
It wasn't even when he'd just arrived.
He'd been here long enough for me to be sick of him.
I still don't see him as a week in week out starter.
As good as he was yesterday he's had considerably more games that he didn't turn up for.
That's before taking into account the games he can't make the 18 for a variety of reasons.