He won't stay, shame really
He's a lovely bloke but as a right back he was beaten to the byline far too easily even in L2 - just lacking speed over a yard or two. Although he gets up and down the pitch well his crossing when he gets to the final 3rd is generally poor too. No way he's a Champ RB, think that's a little bit of romanticism creeping in because you know him personally. For me he's a good solid L1 right back but is just not quite comfortable enough in possession for a promotion chasing team that play football on the deck. Would be unfair to keep him around for another season just to sit on the bench though.
Hickman's out of contract this summer. I think his loan could just be a favour by the club to let some teams down at that level see what he can do and get some footage for a highlight tape.
Tbf he was voted L2 team of the year by his fellow pros and was in a promotion winning side. Also only 22 so certainly not the finished article. You could be right ref championship but certainly adequate (imo) at this level.
Completely disagree pal. I think he has everything needed and would only get better with games and experience
Robins don’t..pal
Maybe so, I believe he was injured early part of the season, Sterling improved a lot, got injured himself, which coincided with our poor form after the 5 wins on the trot.
I didn't mean for it to sound as negative as that it appears it has come across. He was a good player for us last year, I really liked him, I just thought there were limitations that might mean he could struggle this season, however, he hasn't really been given the chance to prove that either way. Having said that, I don't think many would believe he could have done as good a job as Sterling, but then there is the trade off between playing a loanee and playing your own player. It would appear to me that Robins has decided he isn't in his long-term plans. Also as a side note he's 25 not 22.
No idea, but I do know he had an injury.
Totally agree, great lad and the type of person you want in the squad but MR clearly hasn’t seen anything more in him this year to step up. Either Chelsea had a demand that he plays every game if fit or Grimmer hasn’t shown enough to get into the team. The obvious question is that we need to find a replacement for both sterling and grim now which might be a feat in itself
