- Jun 27, 2012
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I think the original plan last summer- was for Buonanotte (Leeds were sniffing around according to some reports) to also go out on loan this season given that he also might have had limited opportunities for game time what with Enciso, Lallana, March, Mitoma, Adingra etc - But the player wanted to stay and fight for his place and thats probably worked out - given injuries and his recent performances.We had exactly this conversation on the train home.
There's an argument that we need him right now because of our injuries in his position. However, if we do bring in a winger (which RDZ has said he wants) that mitigates the gap a little, and then once Fati, Enciso, Adingra and Mitoma are back (plus a new guy?) there's very little game time for Bounanotte, never mind Sarmiento.
On balance then, it's better for everyone if we take some short term pain to have a better developed player back here, and Ipswich is a great team for him, playing our sort of football.
But it is reasonable to say, based on the above, that it's likely RDZ currently rates him not only lower than Enciso but also Adingra and Bounanotte and all three of them are still developing too.
And Agreed about the RDZ pecking order for Sarmiento but i'd say its far too early to necessarily write him off re: long term Brighton future...