Did you see the U21 game at St. Mary's? I expect you didn't given the question.
He's a teenager playing an instrumental role in one of the few good footballing sides in the Championship. He has a sweet left foot, a good range of passing, good awareness, a sense of confidence and, crucially and unusually for us, he's actually tall and athletic not like the usual shortarse we tend to produce.
Anyone can see that we have the bones of a good team but are woefully lacking in central midfield. Ypu say we don't have a shortage of midfielders? I'd say we have the worst midfield available to us in the 30+ years I've been watching the BIG, though I think the Reids are fine players if fit (rarely).
Garvan appears to be a very good central midfielder in the making. Not the classic British type central midfielder but the type that is present in all successful international teams.
We've also been dreadful from set pieces in the last few years and he delivers a very good dead ball.
That's why I'm excited by this guy.
Of the names you mention:
Carsley and Garvan are chalk and cheese. Gravan can pass a ball for one thing.
Steven Reid and Stephen Ireland aren't really comparable either. In a way, Garvan is somewhere between Reid and Ireland. He's tall and rangy but also clever with the ball.
He's already done more at the same level than the older Gibson.
Physically he has a lot more to offer than Miller.
The (London) Independent says he's easily in the best players outside the Premiership.
Anyone else got an opinion?
