This idea managers have a first choice and a backup is nonsense. They want competition for places. If a footballer expects just to be handed a first team shirt, he shouldn't be at the club.
A player with some flare, but still some how average. Considering he went into a very good Sheffield United side, that should of kicked him on. Well he looked, very ordinary and became a bench player.
Time will tell. Not sure either will be going out.
A managers lot is sometimes work with what you have got. It where the term Manage comes from.
Fans can move players in and out in their heads and convince themselves this is what will happen. The real world sometimes tells a different story.