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Saints Striker To Make Loan Move
Friday, 20th Jan 2017 08:44

Saints are trimming their squad not only at the back but up front as they loan out a striker to give him game time.

Cheltenham Town are likely to take Saints youngster Olufela Olomola on loan for the rest of the season according to the local paper in the Gloucesterhire town.

Saints have high hopes for Olomola who joined the club at 16 in 2014 when he decided against joining the Arsenal academy and signed on at St Mary's instead.

Excitement was high back in October when he was named in the squad for the League Cup tie against Sunderland and then came on in the 26th minute to replace the injured Jay Rodirguez with fans hoping for another exciting debut.

They were to be disappointed though, although Olomola had pace and undoubted talent he was lacking in a little bit of guile and knowing when to make runs etc, some players have this instinctively whilst with other it needs a little coaching and with Olomola it looked like it was the latter.

The natural step now for the 19 year old is to play in a competitive environment and this is why the move to the League Two club looks to be a good idea.

Cheltenham are struggling though and sit only 1 point above the drop zone in League Two, if Olomola joins it could give him the opportunity to make himself a Saints hero, the final game of the season for Cheltenham is at Portsmouth and what an irony it would be if he was to score the goal that prevented Pompey from promotion.

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highfield49 added 09:44 - Jan 20
If the loan rumour is true, good luck Olufela and please get your first hat trick for Cheltenham against Pompey. Don't know why but for some reason the legendary George "Chicken George" Lawrence came to mind when I was reading this item. Maybe it was the "lacking in a little bit of guile and knowing when to make runs" comment Nick.
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dixiefrog added 09:48 - Jan 20
I've kept an eye on Olufela and this seems a good move for the young bloke, he looks a good prospect and game time will sharpen him up. Maybe we should loan out JRod and Shane as well just to see if it improves their sharpness in front of goal.
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GeordieSaint added 09:58 - Jan 20
What about Ryan Seager? Is he over his knee injury? There were/are high hopes for him as well, does anyone know?
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SaintNick added 10:29 - Jan 20
Seager played last week for the U23's coming on as a sub and scored
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SaintBrock added 19:51 - Jan 20
Going out on loan is often the death knell of a Saints first team career. From the games I have seen him play he has been a bit too one-dimensional in his play to think he is an exceptional talent. Johnson is better and younger.
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vanmans added 21:46 - Jan 20
Ronald Koeman was right none of our academy players are any good. Just a cheap option instead of buying good first team players.
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