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Bearing in mind how many of our players are out on loan now (by my count we have Button, Jansson, Alnwick, Walker, Archibald-Henville, Caulker, Cox, Taarabt, Townsend, Livermore, Mason and Obika), is it worth considering the prospects of those who are still around?
It seems as though Dervitte and Rose might well still be loaned out in the near future, but what about the likes of Bostock, Parrett, Smith and Butcher? Is it possible that they have been deliberately kept because they may be needed for the first team? I can't imagine the idea that no one would have come in for Bostock or Parrett given the potential they've shown and the hype surrounding them.
Notable as well that two of them are centre mids and one of them is a centre back - the two positions where we're arguably still light. That doesn't explain why Adam Smith is still here though, by my count he would be fourth choice right back at best.
Just something worth considering IMO, perhaps Harry and the coaching staff have high enough hopes for those boys that they were willing to risk NOT taking a risk on a Sissoko or Sandro for big money.
It seems as though Dervitte and Rose might well still be loaned out in the near future, but what about the likes of Bostock, Parrett, Smith and Butcher? Is it possible that they have been deliberately kept because they may be needed for the first team? I can't imagine the idea that no one would have come in for Bostock or Parrett given the potential they've shown and the hype surrounding them.
Notable as well that two of them are centre mids and one of them is a centre back - the two positions where we're arguably still light. That doesn't explain why Adam Smith is still here though, by my count he would be fourth choice right back at best.
Just something worth considering IMO, perhaps Harry and the coaching staff have high enough hopes for those boys that they were willing to risk NOT taking a risk on a Sissoko or Sandro for big money.