03-30-2015, 11:56 PM
Loaning out ELS makes some level of sense to me. We have a ridiculous amount of option on the two winger positions, and could also be looking to add more players at those positions (Andrew Ayew is someone i read about recently). And the truth of the matter is, ELS is not playing well enough to be guaranteed any playing time right now. Instead of having a highly highly valuable young player like ELS rot on the bench Niang style, getting him to a different team with less pressure and more play time can do wonders to restore his game. This current version of ELS is broken down, physically and mentally. Given this team's track record in recent years, it is a pretty fair bet that he won't be able to get back to his prior levels with us (see Pato, Niang, Boateng, etc.). For the sake of everyone involved, we should loan ELS out before it's too late.