We probably have. That's why they have come back.Other clubs can set an expectation that their players will get game time when they send them out on loan. Why don't we?
Lampard basically said the decision is nothing to do with him and he didn't know anything about them but he's OK with having players back as extra bodies for training.I'm sure I have seen somewhere that we are / have recalled Jack Burroughs and Ryan Howley from their loans up in Scotland. Do we think this will be for Lampard to assess them for himself and support the first team squad?
If he's keeping them at Ryton could this be in place of actual signings?
This apparent need to draft in extra bodies for training is an interesting one - you have to assume that Lampard is either unhappy or unfamiliar with working with a squad this size.Lampard basically said the decision is nothing to do with him and he didn't know anything about them but he's OK with having players back as extra bodies for training.
stop being so doom and gloomThey’ll be part of the squad for rest of the year as cheap replacements for departing players
Why do we send them all to scotland? It's such an odd choice.Waste of time loaning players to Scotland they would be better off in the lower leagues here.
Depends where they go in Scotland.Waste of time loaning players to Scotland they would be better off in the lower leagues here.
Normally people get sent to Coventry as well.Why do we send them all to scotland? It's such an odd choice.
Well at Chelsea the squad size is usually around 76 so must be strange for him at the moment.This apparent need to draft in extra bodies for training is an interesting one - you have to assume that Lampard is either unhappy or unfamiliar with working with a squad this size.
It was a really odd comment. Not sure if its just the way he phrased it but made it sound like we're so short on players we're struggling to run training sessions and needed to bring bodies in purely for the numbers even if there's zero chance of them playing.This apparent need to draft in extra bodies for training is an interesting one - you have to assume that Lampard is either unhappy or unfamiliar with working with a squad this size.
I think that will be the case for a long time.Think we just need to accept we don’t produce Championship quality players yet TBH.
A shame Wilson and Maddison came through while we were shite and didn't really get to see them. Imagine them 2 coming through now.I think that will be the case for a long time.
You look at the facilities Leicester have compared to us, ours look Stone Age in comparison. Villa aren’t far away and are in the champions league. Even Brum have all their plans for the American investment.
Until we get back to the premier league I don’t see us matching those clubs in terms of attractiveness to potential players and ability to actually develop them.
I think that will be the case for a long time.
You look at the facilities Leicester have compared to us, ours look Stone Age in comparison. Villa aren’t far away and are in the champions league. Even Brum have all their plans for the American investment.
Until we get back to the premier league I don’t see us matching those clubs in terms of attractiveness to potential players and ability to actually develop them.
You could exactly the same for Eccles though, he went out to Gillingham played about 800 minutes and was recalled then after training with the first team played in 7 of the last 9 matches that season.Depends where they go in Scotland.
Kilmarnock is on paper a decent loan move, but you have to wonder if he's not getting minutes at what level he's suited to.
I don't think a longer plan is in any way superior in fact it feels inferior, like more putting objectives on the back burner rather than having pressure to achieve them.You'd need an owner with a longer term plan than 5 years. King isn't that, he's a trader. That said, the academy is still producing potential but the problem is that the big clubs can poach it very early. Is it two players we've lost this year because of that?
Don't even think it's about the long term plan, it's just having the money. Leicester's training ground cost £100m. Unless we get a proper sugar daddy our best bet will be getting promotion and the riches it brings.You'd need an owner with a longer term plan than 5 years. King isn't that, he's a trader. That said, the academy is still producing potential but the problem is that the big clubs can poach it very early. Is it two players we've lost this year because of that?
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