Has he gone to blackpool on loan

Yes and he has just scored for them

Will be playing at half bak with Svabic

Only on loan for a month which will give him valueble game time. Seems a good idea to me.

Got a good mention on the radio.

brilliant move by the club to get dean some gametime as with the dale cunniffe move to rochdale

i think they will gain the expirience needed at these clubs and come back ready to give the first team a shake

Better they get a run out if they're 2nd or 3rd choice here. It'll give Neil Kelly a chance to see what they can do at this level without blooding them as well.

Dean will be an asset for Blackpool.

Aswell as still being an asset for us

Hopefully

this lad will end up leaving and Ruddy will follow

Everybody cant play all the time, who would you drop at the moment to fit 'Ruddy' into the squad?

Its about competition for places and fighting for your place.

If Ruddy is Adam Rudd then at best he is a squad player and when he gets his chance its up to him to make a place his own.

I understand that if you are not getting any game time (like Dean Hatton) then you want to be playing and short term loan times are best for all concerned (both clubs and the player). Hasn't Adam Rudd been injured? If so and is now fit its up to him to fight for a place in the reserves or request to be released. I would not like to lose him from our squad as in general he does a decent job but at the moment others are higher up in the pecking order.

Season long loan for Hatton? He is not going to get a game at 9 with Jock and Durbin.

He can cover 6, 7 and 13, so that would be silly, as the season goes on we may pick injuries in these positions.

Id like to see Dean given a chance at 13.

But not at the expense of Armistead.

Good move to give Hatton a bit of game time and see how he copes with regular game time at that level.

You can have a recall clause in loan deals E.G Halley at Wakefield

Hes had a scan I heard and is out longer then feared.

Isn't that only applicable once they've been with their loan club for a month?

No idea Matt but I ill take your word for it. I think some people are ruled by their hearts not their head re Hatty who is a great lad but unlikely to become a Leigh first team player. He was given opportunities pre season and did not take them unlike say Durbin who snatched them.

I am an Oldham fan and watched the Blackpool game.

Hatton played 6 (wearing 30) with that other ex Leyther (and Roughyed) Simon Svabic at scrum half.

He started off well exploiting some holes in our left sided defence as Blackpool jumped out to an early lead which they could not sustain.

Looked decent but as Oldham upped a gear and started getting on top up front his influence faded. Not a huge surprize in the circumstances.

A talented kid who needs to play first grade and nail down a starting position. A loan move to Blackpool along side experienced NL operators like Svab, Munro, Allcock, Ian Hodson, Craig Farrimond etc would appear to be a sound move at this stage.

been through all this before Matt last year mate, you can recall from a loan period at any tme the longest period is one month then its usually week to week but (as told to me by NK last yar) can be recalled at anytime during the period.

He won't get recalled unless we get some serious injury problems.

Let's hope he develops further as a player while at Blackpool and comes back an even more valuable member of the squad.

I'm sure he'll get some kind of game time with us later this season.

'Hitty' is unfortunate in being behind Jock and 'little legs' (and of course the invisible yorky man when he can be bothered to come) at hooker and Kelly doesn't rate him anwhere else.

Have you asked Neil whether he rates him or not?

Let's be honest if thats the case Neil Kelly isn't a bad judge really is he? I'd rather trust his judgement than anyone on here (no offence to any one else).