Forest Loan Watch

[Strawberry Avenger]

Goes to show how bad we were with all those players.

Not exactly inspirational is it?

I'm actually annoyed at how many of our players are not being used, or if when, often not for 90 minutes.

You only loan a player in, or out, when the parent club has no immediate use for them & requires them developed, if their young, or off the books & in the shop window.

Many of our loans are neither being developed, nor being made to look particularly attractive in the shop window.

I think the Mansfield "partnership" is working & I'd be happy to exploit that with future development loans, but beyond that I think we need to be a bit more thoughtful & creative about who we send where.

We need the right clubs, for the right players to ensure the right outcomes

Perhaps maximising our Academy talent for the 1st team and developing them on loan is an area the club can do better in as an area of growth.

Yates being as example, who, for me, was ready in pre-season.  He, along with Geddy (before Colback signed) was leading the way in DCM alongside Geddy.  Ahead of the more mixed performances of Ben and Liam.

Similarly, effective scouting, another area where the 3 Portuguese players were brought in...when battle ready wingers and ACMs were the order of the day...with pace, strength and guile.  I've not sure those word would describe what Forest have had from the 3 Amigos.  Certainly not in effective does and have gone completely missing in the muck and nettles 'business end' of the English winter.

SA.