Originally posted by SB
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There are a range of youngsters who have come back from loan and been squad players, the likes of David Thompson, Stephen Warnock, Jay Spearing, Martin Kelly, Jordan Ibe, all went on to be involved in the first team squad and play more than 50 games each for us after going out on loan, ultimately they didn't make it here long term but they were useful squad players for a while so it depends on your definition of success.
I think that there is an inherent bias in the players that are sent out on loan. The guys that you are confident will make it (Gerrard, Owen, Fowler, TAA etc) don't need to go out on loan, the players who aren't going to make it are shipped out before they get the opportunity. The youngsters who are loaned out are mostly in the 'maybe' category and statistically most of those aren't going to make it with us but will probably end up having decent careers elsewhere


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