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Forster-Caskey challenged to capture that spark which once thrilled the Amex [The Argus]



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Jake Forster-Caskey arrived at his new club with a ringing endorsement of his passing ability – and encouragement to get more goals.
That will have struck a chord with fans at the club for whom he now appears to have played his last game. Especially the second bit.
The England under-21 midfielder has joined Rotherham on a season-long loan.*Millers boss Alan Stubbs wanted to make it more permanent but Forster-Caskey was reluctant to sign a three-year deal.
Instead he became one of three young Seagulls who went out on loan in the space of little more than 24 hours. But his case is somewhat different to those of Tom Dallison, now at Cambridge, and Jordan Maguire-Drew, who has gone to Dagenham and Redbridge.
Forster-Caskey’s exit comes two years after he became the face of Albion when his image was splashed two storeys*high across the front of the club shop at the Amex.
His departure will not be cause of much regret among Albion fans. Which is a shame because for a while he was the exciting young thing who looked like he could be a major player for the Seagulls for years to come.
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Forster-Caskey was famously made Albion’s youngest player as a 16-year-old by Gus Poyet at the end of the 2009-10 season (pictured above). But what marked him out when he got a more extended chance, midway through the 2011-12 campaign, was his willingness and ability to get into the heart of the penalty area, almost Bryan Robson style for those who remember the former England skipper.
Albion had been lacking that threat from deep as they played attractive, patient football under Poyet in the first year at the Amex.
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Then, when Kazenga LuaLua’s shot came back off Kelvin*Davis, Forster-Caskey was the further forward to snap up the rebound and kick start a 3-0 win over Southampton (pictured above).
A few days later he was in the six-yard box to open the scoring against Wrexham in the FA Cup.*But he seemed to lose that from his game at the altar of keeping possession – and it was the Seagulls’ loss.
Of course, Albion fans have been well educated about the importance of possession in recent years.*But often it seemed a bit safe. And those lung-busting breaks into the danger area had gone. Maybe that is what Stubbs was getting at.
He told the media of South Yorkshire: “Jake is a very intelligent footballer, he has got a good range of passes and you look at his pedigree and it speaks for itself.*To have played that amount of games at that age tells you want other managers have thought of him.
“He likes to get on the ball, he sees clever passes. His work rate is good.*But we want him to score more goals because technically he is very good.”
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Forster-Caskey has just one year left on his existing Albion deal so to turn down a three-year offer in the Championship says a lot about his confidence in his own ability.
His willingness to stick to his passing principles even when there is urgent need for a goal is commendable and has been well illustrated on two notable occasions.
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One was for England under-21s when they fell behind at home to Croatia in a qualifying play-off but kept playing their football and won 2-1.
The other was his interception and pass out of defence which led to Leo Ulloa’s dramatic winner at Nottingham Forest to earn Albion a play-off spot under the boss who probably showed most faith in him, Oscar Garcia.
The other loan deals struck this week are all about players looking to, primarily, show they can be part of Albion’s plans.
Chris Hughton is very clear on what he hopes to see from centre-back Dallison, who shone for an hour of Cambridge’s 4-0 win at Newmarket on Tuesday.

*Hughton told The Argus: “Cambridge have been tracking him for a while and there are things we will now find out about Tom.*We will see whether he can cope with that level, with the physicality.
“When we get a good opportunity for a young player to go out on loan we like to take it because they do not come along all that often.”
Forster-Caskey is a young player too, it should not be forgotten. Stubbs made that point too.
Think hard and it is still possible to remember the buzz of excitement when line-ups were revealed before that game against Southampton at the very start of 2012.
A fanbase depressed by a poor run and a host of player absences were lifted by news that Vicente was back on the bench and that Forster-Caskey was starting.*Those days seem a long time ago now.

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