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[DonnyOsmond]

Kelly clearly has a lot of ability and did pick up the 2nd balls well sometimes however he was a bit loose a few times when in the middle of our half when they pressed us.

Sure with a bit more experience he’ll get better there but you can’t be losing the ball in those areas as a number 6. No matter how good you are in other moments those possession losses will lead to goals.

This will probably be a terrible take in a few months but we’ve a packed midfield and I’m not sure he’s better all round than our own players. So why not give Broadbent a better run at it or play Westbrooke. We stand to gain more from developing them than Kelly.

Feels like we are happy to have a loanee learn and make mistakes in the process but won’t do that with players we own.

The mistakes you mentioned are just his decision making, when to release a ball and not hold it for too long, it's the same people said about Sheaf and now he's on the cusp on the Premier League. Give him games and he'll improve.

[sedwardsdrfc]

Kelly clearly has a lot of ability and did pick up the 2nd balls well sometimes however he was a bit loose a few times when in the middle of our half when they pressed us.

Sure with a bit more experience he’ll get better there but you can’t be losing the ball in those areas as a number 6. No matter how good you are in other moments those possession losses will lead to goals.

This will probably be a terrible take in a few months but we’ve a packed midfield and I’m not sure he’s better all round than our own players. So why not give Broadbent a better run at it or play Westbrooke. We stand to gain more from developing them than Kelly.

Feels like we are happy to have a loanee learn and make mistakes in the process but won’t do that with players we own.

The mistakes you mentioned are just his decision making, when to release a ball and not hold it for too long, it's the same people said about Sheaf and now he's on the cusp on the Premier League. Give him games and he'll improve.

No doubt. But like Sheaf he won’t be playing for us when those improvements kick in. Someone else will benefit from that.