Loan Move Suits Symes

02 February 2012 17:47
Could the Dean Court for Michael Symes be coming to an end with his loan move to Rochdale?

With the arrival of Matt Tubbs to boost the Cherries front line, it came as little surprise that Michael Symes was farmed out on loan, in a move which takes him to League One strugglers Rochdale.

On his move, Symes is quoted in the Bournemouth Evening Echo as saying: "I missed the first few weeks of the season but have been injury-free ever since. Once I was fit, we were playing one up front and I couldn’t get in because Wes has been doing so well. I have played in the hole recently and, although I didn’t mind, it is not my game. I am an out-and-out striker and that’s where I like playing. I have been playing out of position and it has been difficult. I was back on the bench against Chesterfield and Matt Tubbs will probably play with Wes after coming in this week. Sitting on the bench and getting on for five or 10 minutes here and there is not going to do me any good. I spoke to Bradders and he understood the reason I wanted to go. He didn’t ask me to go, I instigated it. He was happy for me to stay but I wasn’t happy just sitting on the bench and not getting games".

On his Dean Court future, Symes went on to say, given that his contract expires in the Summer: "I would love to stay here but it is out of my hands and down to Bradders. All I can do is concentrate on doing as well as I can for Rochdale and then see what happens".

Source: FOOTYMAD