Sterling Loan to End

[Sod This For a Laugh]

Sterling’s loan to end in January reported from Spurs side

[drfchound]

We only saw him fleetingly so I guess it can’t be said that we will miss him.

[Michael Shaw]

https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-tottenham-set-to-terminate-loan-deal-early/

The article makes it sound as though we did not select him, when in reality he has been injured most of the time. It's a shame he is not coming back.

[Alan Southstand]

Don’t worry, there’s plenty on twitter to correct it. If only these people did a minimum of research before they started typing!

Sterling was, in the absence of the 2 strikers we supposedly had lined up, in effect, the only true replacement for JM and we’ve never really seen him in anger. This, and the non-signing of either of the other 2 mentioned above, is the biggest reason we find ourselves in the position we’re in.

Yes, we’ve had a very stop/start first half of the season and we’ve had our fair share of injuries in the squad, but IF we’d had any mileage (at all) out of Sterling AND we’d signed an experienced striker (1 of the 2), I think we’d be a few more points better off than we are, currently. In which case, we’d be looking well primed to make a sustained charge for the top 6, post December.

As we are, though, it’s simply anybody’s guess what will happen in January. It’s now the only chance we have of being competitive next year, that is, having a good, positive, transfer window. We all know what we are missing most of all, but that’s not to say there are other parts of the squad that need re-enforcing, particularly in the attacking third. Get 2 or 3 good ones in and we could well be flying. Doing nothing is not an option.

[RoversAlias]

I bet Pete O'Rourke did all of about eight seconds research for that long-winded article telling nobody anything.

It is quite likely Sterling will be going back in January considering his fitness situation, but that is something we have already heard from Darren Moore and the Free Press. "Football Insider", an oxymoron of a name if ever there was one, haven't really got any idea.

[Graham Hirst]

Don't want to put him down as we've not seen him in a Rovers shirt enough, but he looked out of his depth on loan at Sunderland and apart from a few decent spells for us where you thought this kid can only get better he's look out of his depth here also

[5 on Tour]

Simply put we can’t miss him. We could maybe miss out on a moment of brilliance but we haven’t had him enough to miss. 1 good game from a 6 month loan isn’t something we expected. Regardless of injury, mindset or anything else that caused it. On paper we haven’t gained, outside that one half, from his time with us.

[Move DRFC]

Simply put we can’t miss him. We could maybe miss out on a moment of brilliance but we haven’t had him enough to miss. 1 good game from a 6 month loan isn’t something we expected. Regardless of injury, mindset or anything else that caused it. On paper we haven’t gained, outside that one half, from his time with us.

Jheeze! Its not his fault! He could have been an excellent signing for us, obviously didn't get his chance through injury.

[since-1969]

Simply put we can’t miss him. We could maybe miss out on a moment of brilliance but we haven’t had him enough to miss. 1 good game from a 6 month loan isn’t something we expected. Regardless of injury, mindset or anything else that caused it. On paper we haven’t gained, outside that one half, from his time with us.

Jheeze! Its not his fault! He could have been an excellent signing for us, obviously didn't get his chance through injury.

The reliance on loans / short term signings  is starting to have a negative effect , injury - Sterling or  loan interruption mid term - John , Sheaf . If all the loans succeed is to cement our L1 status are we not just going around in circles with progress.

[IDM]

Contracted players are just as likely to get injured too - Wright has been out a long time until recently and Blair still is..

Loans work, in principle.

[5 on Tour]

Simply put we can’t miss him. We could maybe miss out on a moment of brilliance but we haven’t had him enough to miss. 1 good game from a 6 month loan isn’t something we expected. Regardless of injury, mindset or anything else that caused it. On paper we haven’t gained, outside that one half, from his time with us.

Jheeze! Its not his fault! He could have been an excellent signing for us, obviously didn't get his chance through injury.

Not sure what your issue is with what I said. I merely stated the facts of what’s happened. Every signing could be an excellent one. Some are and some aren’t. This one wasn’t. I never state it was his fault did I?

Just another example of this forum having users more interested in starting issues and arguments than actually reading what is written

[since-1969]

Contracted players are just as likely to get injured too - Wright has been out a long time until recently and Blair still is..

Loans work, in principle.

we are subsidising our our team with about 40/50% with loans . This isn’t DRFC it’s  pub team !

[drfchound]

You’re having a laugh.

[IDM]

Contracted players are just as likely to get injured too - Wright has been out a long time until recently and Blair still is..

Loans work, in principle.

we are subsidising our our team with about 40/50% with loans . This isn’t DRFC it’s  pub team !

Give it a rest.!  We’re you complaining last year when the likes of Kane and Wilks helped us to the play offs.?  Players like Sullivan, Sharp, Whiteman all started as loanees didn’t they.?

It’s a mix and match and I for one don’t have a problem with it..

[steve@dcfd]

Contracted players are just as likely to get injured too - Wright has been out a long time until recently and Blair still is..

Loans work, in principle.

we are subsidising our our team with about 40/50% with loans . This isn’t DRFC it’s  pub team !

So who or what do you blame for the amount of loans in our squad?

[Colin C No.3]

Contracted players are just as likely to get injured too - Wright has been out a long time until recently and Blair still is..

Loans work, in principle.

we are subsidising our our team with about 40/50% with loans . This isn’t DRFC it’s  pub team !

So who or what do you blame for the amount of loans in our squad?

Please, don’t give him an excuse to come back with more verbal diarrhoea.