The Hernandez example at Manchester United comes to mind. Within the short period he has spent at Old Trafford he is quickly showing all the signs of becoming a deadly goal poacher. And that is made possible because he plays for the first team as often as is possible. He gains valuable experience that he wouldn't otherwise have had if he just played during trainings and reserve matches.
Sturridge is another young player I admire for his unending zeal and hunger to score (which some say has made him selfish during play). He shows that he has the raw talents but has had too little opportunity to show what he has and improve his skills.
Ancelotti from his time in Milan, always in love with the old veteran players had given Sturridge too little time in the first team even when it was clear that the older experienced strikers the club had were in serious loss of form and misfiring.
And so I woke up one day and I heard or rather read that Daniel Sturridge was on loan to Bolton Wanderers. I was unhappy. I feared for him. Wondered what kind of opportunities he would have in Bolton to improve his game and become a better all round striker (especially with his one-legged ability).
Three matches or so later I think I was wrong. Carlo Ancelotti may have been wrong to send him on loan to Bolton but as it is turning out this loan move may well be the turning point he needs in his young career.With three goals already his confidence is gradually rising as shown today against Newcastle.
source: http://soccerfiesta.blogspot.com
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