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Loaning youngsters

davidk11811 · 2012-03-04 01:56:02

Is it just me or does loaning youngsters do absoloutely nothing for them? I sent Giuseppe Prestia on a season long loan to a ligue 1 side where he got plenty of first team football and played well yet not a single stat changed, and I've noticed this with other players too. I have a bunch of great prospects and im not sure…

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04-03-2012 2:56am

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davidk11811

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Is it just me or does loaning youngsters do absoloutely nothing for them? I sent Giuseppe Prestia on a season long loan to a ligue 1 side where he got plenty of first team football and played well yet not a single stat changed, and I've noticed this with other players too. I have a bunch of great prospects and im not sure if I should send them off or not. Opinions?

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#2 04-03-2012 4:27pm
gnfnrhead

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It's better than then sitting in your youth/reserve team. That'll only slow them down. Some players develop later than others too.

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#3 04-03-2012 9:19pm
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I always think it's better to send youngsters out on loan than have them playing reserve/youth football. The standard they play at will be much better.

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