article_snippet: Gary Gardner (left) celebrates Gary Gardner goal for Nottingham Forest against Middlesbrough with Jamaal Lascelles .
article_snippet: Gary Gardner fans must be wondering where Nottingham Forest manager Dougie Freedman was hiding during Dougie Freedman two years at the club.
article_snippet: Watching Gary Gardner play in Dougie Freedman’s final few months - and in truth for the majority of Gary Gardner time at the club - was an uninspiring experience.
article_snippet: Gardner blasts in Dougie Freedman goal against Middlesbrough at the City Ground on Saturday in the Championship .
article_snippet: That being said, things clicked at Gary Gardner in Dougie Freedman's first season in charge for a short while, and sceptics will wonder if this is just a honeymoon period Gary Gardner is enjoying at Forest.
article_snippet: A brilliant run of form in early 2013 almost saw Gary Gardner sneak in to the play-offs and there are parallels with how Gary Gardner has started at Forest - though that run was not as instantaneous as this one.