Findley has yet to appear on a gameday roster for Forest - is he being shopped? It's been all down hill since World Cup 2010 (including the tournament).
There's five other forwards and there's no resason to suspect he's ahead of any of them the pecking order. On the other hand there's no overwhelming reason to suspect he's buried behind them at this stage either, so I think he may very well get a chance.
I have been checkin' out Forest this week & I noticed Findley wasn't in the 18 during the mid-week League Cup match vs. Wigan or the Home League match vs Charlton Athletic
Goin' on loan? Tribal says so... http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/nottingham-forest-send-findley-out-loan-3531931
Here's a better source http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11727/8086094/Forest-to-loan-out-Findley
Tribal, as well as many other sites, aften simply copy and paste articles from other sources. If you use a news portal you can follow as one article comes out repeatedly from multiple sources, often even using the same title.
Findley played for the Forest U21 Development team a few days ago. He had a penalty attempt saved. http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/article/narrow-defeat-for-development-squad-372683.aspx
He has the potential to be a perfectly fine Championship striker. He did quite well for Forest when McClaren was around. His problem, like many Americans (it seems so often) is a change in manager & adapting to that system. Forest have essentially had 3 since Mcclaren. His display during that time is likely what the clubs saw in him. I personally hope he doesnt land in League 1. It might sound odd to some but I dont personally like the idea of 2 players (Rogers & Findley) who had caps for the USNT somewhat recently playing in League 1. We know they arent really USNT quality players but the English dont. It just looks bad. I always want an Americans situation to "look good" when he goes abroad.
He didn't make the grade at Forest at last year, there were times when he looked okay and he did manage to get his name on the scoresheet a few times, but I don't think there was much doubt that he wasn't going to be playing a big role for Forest this year. Maybe though he'll get another chance in the Championship, he did manage to play for USA three times in the World Cup and that would usually be enough to indicate he's at the very least Championship quality. In other words he's got enough of a history that there's probably a few Championship teams willing want to give him another shot and if not there'll definitely be a number of League One sides willing to snap him up.
The guy is all speed. He and Rogers both belong in MLS. They were never really National Team material, in my opinion. But, as long as he's there, hopefuly he gets loaned to a Championship team that will give him minutes.
He can go to an English club now and to a non-English club after January, 1. Perhaps he should give Earnie a call. AZ could use speedy wide players and Forest will probably pick up a solid chunk of Robbie's salary to make the loan affordable.
"@BrianSciaretta: Former #usmnt forward Robbie Findley heads to League Two's Gillingham FC on loan for 1 month http://t.co/1SfVKMhu" I dont even know what to say..
wow. League 2? I know his touch sucks, but my lord. He's miscast as a forward. He's a winger in a 433
4-3-3 doesn't exist below the Championship. A little suprised he went to Gillingham, but he has to do something there or he's dead in the water in England.
He started for Gillingham at Port Vale today. He assisted on the first goal with a cross. Game is still in progress and Gillingham lead 0-2. http://espnfc.com/us/en/gamecast/345065/gamecast.html?soccernet=true&cc=5901