OK. I'll get ready for the abuse but actually I don't blame him or even Adkins.
When we were negotiating to bring him here, he was welcomed by virtually all and sundry (queue the "I always said he was crap" replies).
IF he had come in, bossed the midfield, and done the job we thought he was going to, then all and sundry would have been chastised for not putting him on an option for a contract when he signed on loan. I actually said at the time he needed a box-to-box midfielder next to him but we never actually signed one and did not have one on the books.
From the player viewpoint, every single one of you would have taken the security blanket given his age and package on offer.
It is a double edged sword. A gamble. This one has not come off, but so would have the criticism if it had been the other way round. I, for one minute, do not blame him for taking the option knowing he had one year security. I defy any single one of you would not have done the same.