Friday 31 January 2014

Kyle Bennett, end of his Rovers time?

I'd like to talk about Kyle, and his career so far, the lad has come under a lot of stick recently. Now currently out of loan, is his career with Rovers over?
Kyle started his career at Wolves before moving to Bury, he was signed in  2011 by Rovers from Bury, at the end of his contract after rejecting the offered one from Bury, Being under 23 years old, we was due to pay a fee to Bury despite his contract having experience. This fee was decided in tribunal due to the two clubs not being able to agree on the fee.

He came here with promise, a fast attacking midfielder, of a young age. Kyle hit the ground running after our relegation to League One. He was playing well and looked like he could score a few goals for us. There was even a rumor John Ryan has promised to give Kyle his Bentley if Kyle could score 20 or more goal during that season. However during a TV interview John Ryan denied this agreement, and it wouldn't of been allowed by the F.A. Coincidentally around this time Kyle's form dropped, and he was no longer looking the player we thought he was. 

Since Paul Dickov came in as manager, Kyle had dropped down the pecking order, with signings of Duffy and Forrester, as well as Coppinger and Cotterill favored before him. Kyle was often slated due to his attitude, it seemed from a fans view he had stopped putting the effort in and had became a big time charlie. Kyle was also living with Gary Madine who probably wasn't the best influence on him, the pair could often be found enjoying Sheffield's nightlife together. Kyle also gets slated a lot on twitter along with Cotterill. 

This season Paul sent Kyle out on loan to Crawley, many of us fans saw this as Paul's way of saying 'prove yourself', this gave Kyle the first team football he needed and a lower level where he could get his confidence back. The loan didn't go as expected and Kyle only made 4 appearances scoring no goals. Kyle came back to Rovers but struggled to get in the first team due to Forrester coming back from injury and Duffy's fine form.

In January we saw Kyle move on loan to Bradford, again us fans saw this as his final chance to prove himself, whilst still early in his loan, Kyle got sent off during his first match around 25 minutes into the game against Preston due to fighting with Neil Kilkenny. Kyle got his ban reduced to just 1 game, and Neil got off without a ban, many could blame Neil for the incident, but even so it is not a great start for Kyle.

I will do an update at the end of the season, but unless something chances, I wouldn't be surprised if we have seen the last of Kyle in a Rovers shirt.
Prove me wrong Kyle!

Thanks for reading, Let's hear your comments about this.

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