1unluckyjill

Maybe at home though

Sure it's a risk, plus it can be rewarded if it works out. Hall being the example, if you want you could possibly use target, however he did well when he was on loan and helped us stay up. If the selling club and the players are ok with the terms of the negotiations, then go for it if it's possible, Italian clubs have been doing that for years. Also it's better taking a risk with the potential of winning cups and also qualifying for champions League, then to get no one in, asking for miracles by expecting Howe to achieve those goals, without any backing for 3 windows,and then having joelinton, Barnes Wilson, lascelles already injured and then potentially have isak, Gordon, Murphy and tonali, and bruno and botman getting injured too

At least try and be creative to give your manager the bodies/squad to compete, especially with the position we were in, instead of doing nowt for the first team, expecting miracles with about 14-15 players, and hanging him out to dry so you can get your own coach in

How much was halls loan fee last year ? If you're obligated to buy you are probably more then likely to pay roughly the same or more over the 3 to 5 year period anyway, and you can only get knocked back instead of doing nowt. Plus having cover is better then flogging your players till they get injured

Daft question, if you have an 18 month to 2 year loan plus option/obligation to buy can the loan fee be amortised over the period of the loan?

Give him the u21 then, and he can also be sporting director