Don’t be so naive as to think The sporting director will turn around and tell the manager at any club you can’t have that young player whose ours we’ve loaned him out. Look elsewhere.
Come on
Not what I was saying is it, I was saying unless Robins wants him for the 1st team, he won’t decide his fate, as it’s a DOF model, and most bigger clubs have loan managers. Therefore we need not worry about Mark Robins potential views on WFC.
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Be nice to know how much he’s worth to buy
million pound a leg my guess.
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If he’s not recalled today then he won’t be needed by Stoke next week as he’s cup tied.
This season has been brilliant. The recruitment, game management and man management by Saddler and the guys in the background outstanding.
Just one thing prevents it from being the best season I have experienced.
Quite a few on this site comment very negatively on the FL Trophy. They take a principled stand against the presence on under 21 year-old teams from the premier league. They do not care about the results and would skip a visit to Wembley. Mmmm.
My ‘problem’ is the distorting impact loan players now have on a team’s success. Without Nathan Lowe, or a loanee of equal quality, this would not be a remarkable season, because we would struggle to score enough goals with our own players.
Bill Moore, Alan Buckley,Chris Nichol and Tommy Coakley all got promotion with players who were actually Walsall players. In 2001, Ray Graydon just had Fitzroy Simpson on loan.
To me, the fact that our success, so far and in the coming months, has been soley due to the ‘condescending generosity’ of a bigger club is a regret.
Still, let’s hope Stoke continue to help us get out of this league.
That depends if you think Mat Sadler has built the team around him. His goals have been crucial - but I don’t think all of the team’s success is solely down to Nathan. Lots of goals have come from other areas, and we’ve created so many chances I’m sure whoever was partnering Jamma would have a hatful of goals.
Graydons miracle team of 98-99 relied on loans all season up front in particular
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That include Stirk?
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Lambert, Simpson (two spells?), Cramb and Steiner as attackers, plus Henry in midfield.
Was Otta a loan signing or a short term thingy?
Was that the season we signed Stuart Naylor on loan as cover for a few weeks, or have I imagined that?
Also wasn’t Paul Hall a loan in 2000/2001 and possibly Don Goodman, or was his contract terminated by Motherwell.
The transfer market was completely different then anyway, so the comparison FSB is trying to make doesn’t really work.
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Dont give it the time of day people.
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I hope it makes a decent contribution to Wikipedia, given the amount of time it spends on there.
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I think Paul Hall was a loanee in the relegation season and then we signed him permanently in the summer. Don Goodman I am not sure about, might have been short-term, or a loan, and then a contract in the summer.
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Pretty sure Goodman was a permanent, don’t forget transfer window shut in the 3rd week in March back then.
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Yeah that seems right with Paul Hall, I remember now. I think we did similar with Tom Bennett if I remember right. Not like Graydon didn’t use the loan market but it was completely different (and better in my opinion) back then.
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Signed him same day as barry horne
Yeah we signed him on deadline day at the end of March, but he was still at Motherwell I think, but they could have just released him, I’m not sure now. Great signing anyway, rescued our season.
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Pretty sure he was short term for Goodman. Motherwell released him so he could move back south.
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Fair point @futuresobright but the Graydon team that got up two years before had a conveyor belt of loanee strikers like Cramb and Steiner I have more of a fondness for that team !
But fair point. I remember Dickie Dosh saying he preferred players that were ours and he wasn’t big on loanees either. But used them as and where he had to.