Villa player loan watch

[Mister E]

Mat Kendrick ‏@MatKendrick  58s
Villa forgotten man Jordan Bowery has joined Doncaster Rovers on a 28-day emergency loan #avfc

Hardly forgotten: they're about to name the dugout after him, following all his appearances in the matchday 18 (even if he didn;t actually get on the pitch that often).

Forgotten men: what about Helenius, or Herd?

[Dave]

Brings to mind the conversation about what potential transfer values Lambert's signings have - I wonder what Doncaster have seen in Bowery over the past 18 months to think that he might be good enough even for the Championship?

The very fact that a Premier League club decided to spend a few hundred thousand on him to sit on the bench seems to make them think that someone who hasn't really played at a level higher than the league below where they are now is going to be good enough.

[OCD]

Things must be bad for Doncaster if they've had to resort to an emergency loan for Bowery. Even worse now they've gone 0-1 down.

[l_mckay]

1-1 now

[nigel]

Bowery assist, too, by the sound of it

[supertom]

Bowery assist, too, by the sound of it

Bring him back!!!

[dekko]

Donny fans seemed happy with Bowery:

Cracking performance from young Jordan today, no surprise we went flat when he went off

He's got everything this guy pace, power and a fantastic work ethic young C Brown in the making.

And the 'nail on the head' comment:

Good performance from the lad. Great work rate but doesn't look like a natural goal scorer.

[villan from luton]

Apparently Carruthers had a good game for Wimbledon as well

[dekko]

Apparently Carruthers had a good game for Wimbledon as well

Just had a look on the football league show - scored a really nice goal for their equaliser beating three (!) challenges before slotting it in the corner, and their winner was a tap in after the keeper couldn't deal with his long range shot.  Good stuff.

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

[Monty]

Well, he's clearly too good for that level, and that just proves it. Whether or not he's ready for the top level is yet to be proven, but he's in danger of getting bored down there. Same as Grealish.

[ChicagoLion]

Well, he's clearly too good for that level, and that just proves it. Whether or not he's ready for the top level is yet to be proven, but he's in danger of getting bored down there. Same as Grealish.

I could not see Tonev doing that at any level.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Well, he's clearly too good for that level, and that just proves it. Whether or not he's ready for the top level is yet to be proven, but he's in danger of getting bored down there. Same as Grealish.

Absolutely. What's encouraging is they both seem to be enjoying their football, getting regular first team football and looking to make a step up. A few months on loan next season in the Championship with a decent team would be the next logical step before considering bringing them back home.

[paul_e]

Well, he's clearly too good for that level, and that just proves it. Whether or not he's ready for the top level is yet to be proven, but he's in danger of getting bored down there. Same as Grealish.

I could not see Tonev doing that at any level.

Except for in Poland, where he did it regularly I assume you mean?

[paul_e]

Well, he's clearly too good for that level, and that just proves it. Whether or not he's ready for the top level is yet to be proven, but he's in danger of getting bored down there. Same as Grealish.

It's taken Carruthers a little longer to start really influencing things though, if he carries on playing for the rest of the season then we can say he's too good for that level but 2 goals and 5 assists in 22 isn't a record which marks someone as clearly playing below their level.  I like Carruthers and I think he'll be a good player but I'd be very surprised if, at this point, he's finding things so easy that he's getting bored.  Grealish has a similar record (4 goals and 4 assists in 23), I think both have benefited greatly from being at that level for a year though and I think both will get game time in pre-season before we decide what to do with them next year.