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Not a fan myself I find he gets dominated buy CB his own size far too often and is not the best finisher in the world,he does have a good shot on him and but his all round game is not where it should be and if you was to offer me Loft or Lee Barnard at the same age I would take Barnard all day long.Does anyone have a clue what's happening with Ryan Loft contract wise? He hasn't made any breakthrough at Braintree, where he has been on work experience, and he hasn't even been making any appearances for our U18s or U21s, which his loan allows for. Windy suggested he'd heard the lad had received an additional year on his scholarship. I had high hopes for him when I first saw him as a 15 year old. Big, strong, powerful but with good technique in and around the penalty box. In a strange way he reminded me of Defoe, his link up play outside the box was poor, his control often let him down and his hold up play needed a lot of work but his touch seemed to get better the closer he got to goal. He protected the ball well and knew to shoot early and with power to beat the keeper. He looked like with the right coaching he could really kick on. Sadly, if anything, he's regressed. It wouldn't surprise me if he left this summer or the next.