‘Class act’ Ethan Robson has been backed to make a big impression at Sunderland this season. With game time difficult to come by last year given the strength in depth in the middle, the 22-year-old midfielder was sent on loan to Scottish Premiership side Dundee. And he has now been tipped to make his mark as he looks to break into the Sunderland side. Read More: For the latest Sunderland AFC news click here Jack Ross is a big fan of Robson, who was in line to start last season until a groin injury struck, his chances then limited he headed out on loan in January. And his former Sunderland and Dundee teammate Andrew Nelson believes he has a big future. The pair played together at Dundee last season, Robson making 13 appearances, scoring twice in their unsuccessful battle against the drop. Nelson, who signed a permanent deal with Dundee in January, told the Echo: “Ethan is a player, he has all the qualities of being a central midfielder - his range of passing and technique is unbelievable. “How clever he is at being a midfielder, he is a class act. “He is very athletic too and he gives his all from the first to the last minute. “It will have done him the world of good the loan spell, it was a side of football he was maybe not used to. “As long as he is given that opportunity he will take it and I feel that he could make a big impact this season.” Robson had suffered an unbelievably frustrating season on Wearside, missing out on the chance to start the season in midfield after suffering a groin injury.
Just what we want to hear. Get these youngsters to step up and produce what people say they are capable of and save the club some money in the long run.
Hopeful for the lad but not seen anything yet to be able to comment on how he may do. 13 games for Dundee is not that impressive. Was he injured or just not getting picked?
My judgement on first seeing him, is he has what it takes and was exactly the sort of player the team needed, but just as he was making his mark he was injured, as was Denver Hume, both of these players can add real quality to our play if given the chance, will they? we will see. Big problem is we need a stronger base to build on than what we have at present, and that takes time, but do we have it, the retained list is not pointing to any quick fix, but things can change quickly in football, for the better or worse as we all know.
As long as he keeps his head - he knocks around with some lads who used to work with me and he can be a right "up himself" sod. Thinks he's bigger than he is. Although it's a couple of years since I've seen him out. I think he is the only CM we've ever had who could handle David Meyler - that's not to say Meyler was a good player but he always seemed to have the edge on us. Robson had him in his pocket - but unfortunately his injury cost him last season - I do think he'd have played a bigger part had he not got injured - that said, I'd rather have him there than Power
I reckon we could stand to have a few more players with a bit of swagger, we seem to have more than our share of timid players.
