he is a decent player
i've not seen a great deal of evidence of this.
i'm glad he will play on tuesday.
i'm not particularly thrilled, but i'm willing to give him a chance but he
must impress.
from what i've seen he is better than monkhouse!
from what i've seen, stroud has been better than both of them in his first team outings. monkhouse will improve, i'm sure of that, and he's not got a shitty attitude either.
loads of players ask for transfers then stay at their clubs
generally they're pretty good players and stay at the club against their will, not because nobody else wants them. any player who tells a fan that he doesn't want to stay at a club because "they're shit" has a long way to go to redeem themselves.
on the performance he gave against yeovil in the reserves, he looks as though his attitude has improved and is willing to work for his place in the team. on that basis, with monkhouse out and the cup game coming up, this is the perfect opportunity to give him a chance. however, if his performance is not a notable improvement on last season and he shows any unwillingness to work hard then he can fuck right off.
it's his chance to shine and prove his detractors wrong, this will be his second and final chance for me.