He's done his job is what he's done. 2nd season in in which 9 games were played, averaged the 10 possies a game in excess of 70% efficiency and gave us an actual solid, but not overly potent ruck combination where we had bit players attempting to fill the role, you can't expect Kosi, Blake, McEvoy or Rix to be 2nd ruck, and with Van Reenan out for the season with a foot injury, Gards did what he was asked to, ruck.
Sure his best is probably behind him, but he did his job and hopefully the midfield can gel with him more in '09 after being exposed tohim in actual games & pressure situations.
Yeah no worries. 4.5 games per year he did his job. Great return. As long as you are happy with that. Paid good money to contribute half a dozen games in a year if that.