Well, you can’t be saying ‘we need more goals’ in one breath, as some have, and then ask whose place an on loan striker would take in the next. If we need more goals we need someone to score them and personally I would rather get a loanee in for 4 months than take a risk with a permanent signing - after all, if Charlie, Owen, Dan and Mikael are all still with us at the start of next season our requirements will be different than if one or more isn’t. I am, of course, assuming that Ports will be thanked for his efforts and released!