Quote Originally Posted by Leicesterbaggie View Post
You do make a very valid point Bomber. If I had my way there wouldn't be loan deals. In other words, 'you pays your money and you takes your chance'. However, we do have the loan system and it needs to be used with caution. Barnes has been a great success but as you say, he isn't our player and could well be on his way back to Leicester. It's not just the loan system that is holding our youngsters back. Why pay wages to players that are free agents, for example Mears and Sako? They haven't exactly 'pulled up any trees' since joining us. Surely playing some of our youngsters would have been of greater benefit.
Good points. Why pay good money to players like Mears who would struggle to get a contract with anyone else at this level. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me as players like this are free agents for a reason, nobody else wants them so good old Albion take a punt on them. Given our two best players are both loans, I can't see any happy ending whether we stay in this league or go up as no way will Lai fund the number of players we need to make even half a decent fist of things in the Prem (which I'm sure won't happen btw)