Gaardsoe: "Gera's great"
Gaardsoe: "You can see Zoltan's a really good player because of the way he treats the ball and the way he passes it around - he's a clever player and he'll be good for us."
By Oliver Bhurrut
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THOMAS Gaardsoe watched Zoltan Gera make an impressive full debut in last night's (Wednesday) 1-1 draw against Tottenham and then insisted: "He's got a bright Hawthorns future."
The Hungary skipper made himself an instant favourite with the Albion hordes by firing Gary Megson's men into a third-minute lead with only his second touch of the game.
And the £1.5 million summer signing continued to royally entertain a capacity home crowd with a gymnastic goal celebration which led to a chorus of 'Gera, Gera' ringing around the Black Country venue.
Gaardsoe said: "Zoltan showed us what he is capable of on Sunday and he continued yesterday, he looked fresh and sharp.
"He has some great ideas and made a big contribution.
"Scoring was great for him as well and you can see he's a really good player because of the way he treats the ball and the way he passes it around - he's a clever player and he'll be good for us."
The Danish international claims the Baggies were probably guilty of failing to turn the screw on Spurs once they had taken the lead.
But Gaardsoe is happy with the way he and his team-mates have settled back into Premiership life with a three-game unbeaten start.
"We played better in the first two games," he added.
"Scoring an early goal was probably our biggest disadvantage because after that we settled down and we shouldn't have done that. We should have continued putting them under pressure and trying to score a second.
"It would have been great for us to score after they had just equalized but unfortunately Kanu was off-side when he put it in the net.
"You can't do anything about that, it's just bad luck.
"It was one of those games but we're still undefeated and the confidence is growing each time we don't lose.
"I feel pretty good and if we can get a win in the next couple of games that will be really good for the whole squad and club."
Gaardsoe, who has just been called up to his first competitive Denmark squad for their World Cup qualifier against the Ukraine on Saturday, September 4, is now hoping to improve as a player in the top flight.
"It is hard in the Premiership but I'm enjoying it more here than I did in the First Division," he insisted.
"Premiership football is probably better suited for my style of football.
"It's so much more physical in the First Division, whereas I like to play with the ball and read the game.
"I just hope I can continue to build my game with the squad and hopefully play a lot of games."
Gaardsoe: "You can see Zoltan's a really good player because of the way he treats the ball and the way he passes it around - he's a clever player and he'll be good for us."
By Oliver Bhurrut
THOMAS Gaardsoe watched Zoltan Gera make an impressive full debut in last night's (Wednesday) 1-1 draw against Tottenham and then insisted: "He's got a bright Hawthorns future."
The Hungary skipper made himself an instant favourite with the Albion hordes by firing Gary Megson's men into a third-minute lead with only his second touch of the game.
And the £1.5 million summer signing continued to royally entertain a capacity home crowd with a gymnastic goal celebration which led to a chorus of 'Gera, Gera' ringing around the Black Country venue.
Gaardsoe said: "Zoltan showed us what he is capable of on Sunday and he continued yesterday, he looked fresh and sharp.
"He has some great ideas and made a big contribution.
"Scoring was great for him as well and you can see he's a really good player because of the way he treats the ball and the way he passes it around - he's a clever player and he'll be good for us."
The Danish international claims the Baggies were probably guilty of failing to turn the screw on Spurs once they had taken the lead.
But Gaardsoe is happy with the way he and his team-mates have settled back into Premiership life with a three-game unbeaten start.
"We played better in the first two games," he added.
"Scoring an early goal was probably our biggest disadvantage because after that we settled down and we shouldn't have done that. We should have continued putting them under pressure and trying to score a second.
"It would have been great for us to score after they had just equalized but unfortunately Kanu was off-side when he put it in the net.
"You can't do anything about that, it's just bad luck.
"It was one of those games but we're still undefeated and the confidence is growing each time we don't lose.
"I feel pretty good and if we can get a win in the next couple of games that will be really good for the whole squad and club."
Gaardsoe, who has just been called up to his first competitive Denmark squad for their World Cup qualifier against the Ukraine on Saturday, September 4, is now hoping to improve as a player in the top flight.
"It is hard in the Premiership but I'm enjoying it more here than I did in the First Division," he insisted.
"Premiership football is probably better suited for my style of football.
"It's so much more physical in the First Division, whereas I like to play with the ball and read the game.
"I just hope I can continue to build my game with the squad and hopefully play a lot of games."
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