Loans - Beneficial or Hindrance?

Was that the period when we just threw a bunch of 20 years old kids together put them in front of a goalkeeper they had never met before and expected them to work out how to outplay experienced League1 defenders and then blamed them when it didn't work out? 

Careful now or you’ll get accused of sticking the knife into the manager

I presume you mean Balcombe, Coburn, Bogarde and Quansah. Balcombe I agree was unnecessary but the other 3 were good. Bogarde was excellent and we wanted him back. Coburn has gone back to Middlesbrough and has been a regular starter or substitute so good enough for the Champioship and Quansah a regular part of Liverpools match day squad.
Pretty good I’d say. But obviously not everyone agrees. 😉

UTG!

loans are not my cup of tea - benefits appear to be that there is a remote chance you get someone like Anderson that is instrumental in helping us get promotion and you get to see a special player pull on the blue and white quarters.

also its a try before you buy situation like Taylor who I think is probably our best defender, without his loan it wouldn't have happened.

Most loans though are a result of teams overloading their squads and in reality many loans will never get a game for their parent club, these players are already surplus by the time they get to us, if they arent upto it we then reloan or sign new players and a yearly rebuild takes place which is a bit risky/depressing.

i'd rather have a player like Hoole that is ours, gets games and develops and we have potential to sell at a profit. Of course the risk is that he doesn't get better but most loans dont work out long term for us anyway.

Coburn signed in August I think but only joined us in October, he hit the ground running and showed he was class. He ran out of steam a little in 2023. Balcombe, Bogarde and Quansah. If we were in a relegation battle, we would have been sent down after that January 'strengthening'. Bogarde started to get to grip with the physicality and pace of the game with about 6 games left last season. 

Thanks sean, those clips show how good he was last night.

What the clips don’t show is how awful the weather conditions on the south coast were last night, which made his performance even more impressive esp second half when he played against the wind and rain. The wind was a very strong left to right as we look and driving rain for at least three quarters of the match. Being a cup match there were lots of different people around us ST holders and I had two City 1982 fans next to me! We were chatting about stuff and they were impressed by the number 78. When I told them we’d had him on loan last season they were even more surprised.

Anyway, he was excellent last night. I appreciate we’re more concerned with what he was like with us and there are differing opinions. But I bet Klopp was pleased he’d gone out on loan, gained experience and came back ready to be part of match day squads. That can only be good for us whatever your feelings about loans are.

UTG!

Nobody has a crystal ball, but what do you think will happen to say Harvey Vale?

1) No chance of playing for Chelsea

2) Very Surprised if he gets a Championship move

3) Would you want him as "our player" next year for a fee?

4) Alternative he comes back on another years loan.

No ideal what clubs like Chelsea are aiming to do. They signed that Ukrainian lad for £90m looks no better than Vale. Did they even look in their academy. Mudryk is early 20s not the finished article, surely they would have already had an option like this in their massive academy?

He's great, so much so I find it hard to believe we can keep him.