Ben Lloyd going out on loan?

[Dr. Winston]

Realistically players like Ben Lloyd and Kyrell Wilson should be on the verge of our first team squad this season if they were going to break through here. Both turn 21 this season. Both have probably suffered at the hands of us keeping players wrapped in cotton wool in our u23's for too long instead of being sent out to properly develop on loan from the age of 18 onwards. Us being a bit more aggressive in the transfer market probably hasn't helped either.

I suspect both are probably available on a permanent deal for free or a minimal cost. Maybe with some sort of buyback option included for us if they do kick on. Keeping them here to still not play would be a waste of their time and ours.

 

[magicdaps10]

Realistically players like Ben Lloyd and Kyrell Wilson should be on the verge of our first team squad this season if they were going to break through here. Both turn 21 this season. Both have probably suffered at the hands of us keeping players wrapped in cotton wool in our u23's for too long instead of being sent out to properly develop on loan from the age of 18 onwards. Us being a bit more aggressive in the transfer market probably hasn't helped either.

I suspect both are probably available on a permanent deal for free or a minimal cost. Maybe with some sort of buyback option included for us if they do kick on. Keeping them here to still not play would be a waste of their time and ours.

Harps back to the familiarities with players like Rodon,Dan James and McBurnie. These players benefited hugely from our relegation to the Championship, it was felt the safety net of Championship football was the right time and arguably wouldn't have got their chances in the Premier league if we stayed there.
Players like Wilson,Lloyd,Lissah,Congreve and Cotterill(sorry if I missed others) need to go out on loan to L1 and L2 clubs and be monitored from there.

Look at someone like Charlie Kelman, was sleep walking at QPR and gets sent out on loan to Orient, he has gone from a player just wandering the corridors of Loftus Rd to a player they would be looking a couple of million for OR even to benefit the team this coming season.

 

[Dr. Winston]

Players like Wilson, Lloyd, Lissah, Congreve and Cotterill should have been out on loan two or three years ago, but your general point is right, especially the bit about Rodon et al benefitting from us not being in the Prem any more. Players improve massively by playing actual, competitive football.