I still can't work out how if he only came back because of injuries he came on at Stoke?
And if he's not ready why did he come on at Stoke?
And if he was ready to come on at Stoke how come he wasn't ready to come on in any other games?
Just doesn't make sense. He came on away at Stoke and done ok which was fine, no one sensible is expecting him to put in a world class performance when he plays. But its those kind of sub appearances that he needs to keep getting.
I don't remember him giving the ball away any more than any other player or costing us the game like people claim he will, all the minutes he can get will help him out and therefor help us out.
He can only learn by playing games, be it full games in the Championship or subs in the Premier league, either way he won't learn more than he already knows sitting on our bench.
And same goes for any young inexperienced player, half the preparation for them "being ready" to play regularly in the Premier League involves giving them game time as and when you can. No player goes from being in the reserves to playing every minute in the first team.