Swanjaxs said:
It's only a matter of time before Premier league sides stop sending us young talent on loan if they are only going to get the odd runout for the U23's
Looking at RMs track record with loan signings and new signings it doesn't make great reading.
Williams - thrown into deep end when side still learning, confidence destroyed and left to rot. Recalled in Jan
Laird - did well, overused to exhaustion and was half the player when he came. Recalled in Jan
Ogbeta - never given a look in, RM has tried pushing him out the door since he got here. Rotting in reserves
Stevens - never given a starting chance, only a few sub appearances end of games.
Oko-Flex - exciting attacker. Hauled off for not following instruction despite being most dangerous player.
Cundle - exciting attacker. Two months in from that promising debut looks like half the player he was.
Finley Burns - never given a look in, a few appearances when injuries happened. Recalled in summer
Piroe - originally RM didn't want him. Stellar first season, now looks like a quarter of the player he was.
Obafemi - as above. Great end of season, now struggling for form.
Congreve - a few promising sub appearances. Made a mistake on first start and thrown under bus by RM.
Whittaker - first Swans player to score a hat trick since Sinclair. Never given proper chance, sent on loan.
Joseph - Promising young attacker, again never given chance to settle inside. Sent on loan.
Benda - See Williams. Shipped on loan and replaced by Fisher at no small expense for our budget.
Fisher - Replaced Benda. Costly mistakes has seen him dropped and replaced by Benda, money well spent.
All I know is that if I was a premier league manager and I saw this track record, I would be looking at different clubs to develop my players.