Byram, Browne and Hugill share different fortunes in Carabao Cup
West Ham had a number of loanees in action last night in the Carabao Cup, and some not seen. Who looks to be benefiting most from going on loan?
As discussed previously, a lot of West Ham youngsters have been going out loan. Some, like Byram and Hugill, can’t really be considered youngsters anymore and seem more like loans with a view to buy. However Marcus Browne looks like he has been given a chance to prove himself in a senior side.
Whilst other youngsters are going abroad, like Samuelsen and Martinez, it’s easy to cover what’s going on with these British based loanees. With these players playing at Nottingham Forest, Boro and Oxford United they will all expect different seasons, but how have they each started?
Marcus Browne
Out of all those going on domestic loan, I think Browne has the most chance of getting into the first team on his return. He performed well at U23 level last season and I think this move is a way of seeing how he deals mentally with playing in a senior league. When livelihoods are at stake, there’s a lot more pressure.
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So to see him start the cup match and grab a goal is a great sight. Playing in the deeper midfield role, rather than the more free roaming attacking midfielder we have seen for the U23’s, he scored a strong header to put Oxford ahead in their match. Before that, Oxford had failed to score so far this season in the two matches before.
Hopefully a start and a goal mark the beginning of a successful loan spell for the West Ham youngster. His technical ability should serve him well in League One, and I expect him to perform wherever the manager decides he is best used by the team. Could we see him against a top side soon in the later stages of the cup competition?
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Sam Byram
After being signed from the Championship Byram didn’t really make the step up to the Premier League. With multiple managers trying to get the best out of him, but him not really excelling at anything except for picking up yellow cards no matter how long he was on the pitch. So a move back to the Championship probably made the most sense for all.
Having only moved to Nottingham Forest 4 days ago, it would have been understandable if he didn’t play in the Carabao Cup match. However he was into the lineup, at his preferred right back position. And you’ll never guess what he picked up during the 90 minutes? Yep, that’s right, a yellow card. However he did also convert his penalty as the forest overcame Bury 10-9 on penalties. A promising first start for Byram on his loan, however I don’t imagine we’ll see him start in East London again.
Jordan Hugill
After moving to his hometown club of Boro a week ago, Hugill would probably have been looking at this match as somewhere he could get into the groove. However he wasn’t even in the match squad, and another ex West Ham striker took his role and the headlines.
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Ashley Fletcher scored 2 of Boro’s goals in normal time, but didn’t take a penalty, as Boro scraped past Notts County on penalties. Will Hugill be able to work his way into the team any time soon? Or will we see him disappear off into obscurity once again? Maybe we’ll see two Hammers’ loanees face off against each other in the coming rounds of the Carabao Cup?