--- title: "Watford loan watch: Jerome Sinclair struggles amid updates on Ken Sema & Ben Wilmot" canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/watford-loan-watch-jerome-sinclair-struggles-amid-updates-on-ken-sema-ben-wilmot/" type: "post" language: "en-GB" author: "Tommy Joyce" section: "Premier League" published: "2019-10-31T07:55:22Z" modified: "2020-04-05T10:38:24Z" --- # Watford loan watch: Jerome Sinclair struggles amid updates on Ken Sema & Ben Wilmot **In our Loan Watch feature, the Transfer Tavern takes a look at how a selection of players from a particular club are doing whilst they are away from their home and provide a brief update regarding their progress.** This week we take a look under the microscope of three players from Watford who are on loan at a selection of clubs. This week, Ken Sema, Jerome Sinclair and Ben Wilmot all featured for their respective clubs and have had a mixed bag in terms of performances – here is how they did below. ### KEN SEMA Ken Sema has been a consistent player for Udinese since joining the club, however, he didn’t have a stellar performance as his side got rolled over 7-1 by Atalanta in Bergamo. The Swede played 90 minutes and received a [6.1/10](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1415773/Live/Italy-Serie-A-2019-2020-Atalanta-Udinese) for his performance. Playing at [right wing-back](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1415773/Live/Italy-Serie-A-2019-2020-Atalanta-Udinese), he had far from a cracker as his side conceded seven. In fairness to the 25-year-old, his match rating was better than a lot of others in his side, so it was hardly entirely his fault. Defensively, his stats proved to be fairly decent. He won [three](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1415773/Live/Italy-Serie-A-2019-2020-Atalanta-Udinese) aerials and made [five](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1415773/Live/Italy-Serie-A-2019-2020-Atalanta-Udinese) tackles – more than anyone else in his squad. He made less of an impact going forward, though, making two dribbles, being dispossessed four times and having a pretty woeful [60 per cent successful pass rate](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1415773/Live/Italy-Serie-A-2019-2020-Atalanta-Udinese) – the lowest in the squad. ### JEROME SINCLAIR Another week goes by and another week Jerome Sinclair has to wait before scoring a goal. This week he played 12 minutes for VVV-Venlo in their 4-1 loss away to Fortuna Sittard – the club’s fifth loss in a row in the league. Sinclair – previously dubbed a [wonderkid](https://www.90min.com/posts/2354092-liverpool-wonderkid-jerome-sinclair-rejects-new-reds-deal) by 90Min as an 18-year-old who was then Liverpool’s youngest ever debutant after playing against West Brom as a 16-year-old – is continuing to struggle at the age of 23. Sinclair came on the right-wing and was able to make any sort of impact. He had just [one](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1377412/Live/Netherlands-Eredivisie-2019-2020-Fortuna-Sittard-VVV-Venlo) shot which was blocked and was also [dispossessed](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1377412/Live/Netherlands-Eredivisie-2019-2020-Fortuna-Sittard-VVV-Venlo) once. Fortuna Sittard have now taken over VVV, as they slipped into the relegation zone in [17th](https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNQcfQWg2TFnNCFA9GhI4foPqdzRbw%3A1572452728258&ei=eLm5XeC2D-CJ1fAP3fGY8AI&q=eredivisie+table&oq=eredivis&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.35i39j0l9.3914.7407..8006...0.2..0.107.625.8j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i20i263j0i131i67j0i131j0i67j0i131i10j0i10.0UAq-L05zAI#sie=lg;/g/11h0bb7hb4;2;/m/04tdqs;st;fp;1;;) position. ### Ben Wilmot It’s been a struggle for Ben Wilmot since joining Swansea as he just hasn’t had the opportunities. However, an injury ([BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50201909)) to Joe Rodon has meant that he was forced to play. But this week for Wilmot, he got his first start – and it could not have been a bigger game. The South Wales derby versus the old rivals in Cardiff. The game couldn’t have gone much better for the Watford loanee; he scored the only goal of the game and also kept a clean sheet as they won 1-0. Aside from the goal, Wilmot registered two successful tackles, two interceptions and also managed a big five clearances – the highest out of the Swansea players (also per [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1381488/LiveStatistics/England-Championship-2019-2020-Swansea-Cardiff)). ![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png) One good, one bad and one okay, then. Indeed, 19-year-old Wilmot is a promising talent so the club should be glad he showed such bottle in such an important match. For Sema, it was an okay performance in their 7-1 loss – and[starting every week](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ken-sema/leistungsdaten/spieler/252345) in Serie A is only going to help his development. While for Sinclair, his torrid time isn’t doing his future any good. Considering he is now 23 and [has failed to score in 11 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jerome-sinclair/leistungsdaten/spieler/236513) for VVV-Venlo, it is hard to a future for him in the Premier League. ***Do any of these players have a future at Watford? Join the discussion by commenting below…***