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i think loaning players to the right clubs can be a good thing. championship level is so compettitive and some of them players could play in the lower half of the prem quite easily so it is a good way of gaining experience.

The kids have a long way to go before they can even sit regularly on the bench. In terms of development, Sterling although a different position is nearer to the first team than Flanagan or Robinson.

They did well given the circumstances and i take my hat off to them but that's about it. The development should continue elsewhere on loan if they can get first team footie

I watched the QPR Derby game last night and Ayala played well according to reports he's had a decent season in a struggling side along with doing ok at Hull. I think he's only 20 and seems to be adapting well, he might well be worth taking a chance on in the summer as part of the 1st team squad IMO

Exactly. Let's not forget, they have only been given a sniff of a chance due to 2 reasons:

1) our season is as good as over
2) we have a crippling injury list

If they were as good as people are making out then they would have earnt their chance already on merit.

I think they are good enough but Kenny is being careful with them, Martin Kelly is 21 and 6ft 3 so he can handle himself and is ready to make the breakthrough, Robbo and Flan are 17/18 and still developing. I defo think Robbo will develop into a top class player, obvi Rafa saw something in him last year when he had him with the first team squad etc... Flano must be a prospect as kenny has always talked about him from day one...the one that interests me most is coady...i think he looks good and could impress next year on loan.

with regards to loaning out players i think the more players we bring through the better sides we will be able to loan them out to. we need to regain a reputation of developing top quality youngsters. if you look at united they've done it for years. wellbeck has done well at sunderland, they also have diouf on loan at blackburn and had campbell on loan at sunderland the year before.

if we can get our promising youngsters playing premiership football the better the players will be imo. look at what danny sturridge has achieved at bolton already. also wilshere the year before

Ahead of Johnson and Kelly? A full international, and our best player this season? That's going to take some doing when you're 18. They're probably not the next Steven Gerrard in terms of impact, granted, but the fact that they are on the bench instead of someone like Konchesky (who has plied his trade in the EPL for years) suggests they're not as bad as you are wont to make out. Try not to forget that Flano played against City because Kenny trusted him to handle such a pressure game better than the Greek - if that's not getting picked on merit, then what is? Kenny had a choice to play Carra at RB or CB, and he went for the teenager who, by the way, kept Milner in his pocket all game AND looked very comfortable on the ball. You could say it was "just one game" except that Nasri and Arshavin couldn't get the better of him either. If Kelly isn't fit in three weeks we'll see how he handles Bale. Maybe then we'll be able to decide whether he's a hopeless cause or not - an 18-year-old against the player of the year who made Maicon look slow and stupid. Only if we keep a clean sheet against Spurs will Flano have made the grade, right?