Sheffield United Confirm Mason Holgate Has Joined On Loan
No surprise on this one, but the Blades have officially announced that Mason Holgate will join them on loan for the rest of the season.
This departure has actually worried me more than Charly Alcatraz leaving for Juventus, whereas we have a lot of attacking options still at the club. we are rather short on defensive cover.
In the main although some Saints fans will disagree, in the 5 League games he played Holgate was no worse than those around him, in the defeats at Sunderland & Middlesbrough and did well in the short time he played in the win at Stoke and ok in the draw at Preston and also when he was man of the match against West Brom.
But for me he offered good quality experienced back up not only in the centre of defence but also at full back.
Now we have no are down to Jack Stephens as cover for Jan Bednarek & Taylor Harwood-Bellis, with just Shea Charles or the currently injured James Bree offering cover.
Likewise at full back, with Bree injured there is no real options should either Kyle Walker Peters of Ryan Manning be unavailable other than playing Jack Stephens.
Personally I think we have mismanaged the situation here.
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