Originally posted by dww
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But my biggest problem with the way we have been doing things is that we haven't built on experience gained. Take for instance Shelvey at Blackpool that was a good loan move for him and he did well there, since we brought him back what has he done? He's played the odd game here and there but spent most of the time doing nothing, in effect we have wasted that year of his development. Had we looked to loan him out again, coming off the back of a good spell at Blackpool there was a decent chance some PL club would have taken him for a year, and assuming he got game time and the manager wasn't a Hodgson-style dinosaur he would have come back a better player.
Now if the player is struggling at a lower level and after a couple of spells aren't looking like improving we have to look at the reasons why and will be in a better position to decide their future. With regards to Beckham and Ferdinand etc, I think there are two things to consider 1) they were both very good players and 2) IMO the game has moved on since then I think there is a lot more competition for places in the side at most clubs. Comparisons between Robinson and Beckham etc was that Beckham after coming back from loan went straight into the first team, I don't see that happening with Robinson. If he is going to be sat on the bench or playing for the reserves because we feel he isn't ready to challenge Enrique then IMO it's best he goes out on loan again.
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