Certainly Yeovil and Charlton (both with NJ at the time) wanted to keep Obika so more a case that Spurs (who extended his contract) wanted to expand his experience rather than clubs sending him back.
I suspect that Yeovil, Charlton, and Spurs (in common with Albion) all possess better ability to...
Getting a lot of unfair and undeserved flak IMO.
He is getting no game time but is expected to be match sharp.
Sometimes it works out. More often it doesnt.