Whereas greater than six months have handed, and Roberts has put 180 miles between him and the south London derby, Tuesday's assembly between Millwall and Crystal Palace within the Carabao Cup has refocused consideration on the sickening collision.
Requested if his hour-long first assembly with Roberts included discuss of discovering a clear slate in Mansfield, Clough replied: “Yep. I feel he wished to get out of London.
“Residing in London is a testing factor, particularly if you end up not from there, so I feel he wished to get again north and it felt like an ideal match for him.
“He had been a quantity two for a majority of the time at Millwall, and I feel at 29, 30, he wished to be a primary and play his 46-50 video games a season.”
Clough stated Roberts was Mansfield's “primary selection” to switch Christy Pym, the Stags' promotion-winning goalkeeper who then helped preserve them in League One final season earlier than being launched.
Roberts has delivered with plenty of high-quality shows up to now, which additionally included establishing Saturday's equaliser within the 1-1 draw with Stevenage.
The goalkeeper's fast pondering to gather the ball from a nook and throw it out to Joe Gardner allowed the on-loan Nottingham Forest ahead to race away to attain a spectacular solo effort.
“What you see is an all-round, excellent goalkeeper,” Clough stated.
“A few of his saves in opposition to Chesterfield within the Carabao Cup the opposite week have been excellent, and you then see the opposite facet, his distribution.
“He's a favorite with the followers and each time the again 4 flip round and see him, I feel he provides them a substantial amount of reassurance.”
