Stan A. Einstein wrote:Two points.
Firstly the situation re Twine shows all that is detrimental to Newport County in the loan system. County pay to develop young talent. If the player is a success he can be, and very often is recalled by the parent/exploiter club. If this f@cks up the season for the inferior/submissive club, too bad.
Second point which is similar. If as a club we are to progress I personally would like to see far less of this boot licking behaviour. In truth I'd like to see none of it whatsoever. This building a good relationship with Cardiff, Swansea and Bristol City. Whilst these clubs are not our enemies neither are they our friends. What they are, or at least should be, are our rivals. That we seem content to live on the crumbs these clubs toss us is simply pathetic on our part.
You make 2 valid points Stan, but I feel these overlook the bigger picture.
Yes, County are presumably paying a loan fee or part of his wages plus travel costs. Yes, giving him first-team action, a pivotal place in the team plus regular training is developing him.
But these loan deals also help us to:
1. Balance the books within squad budgets, so we get a player for half or a full season for less than his full wage.
2. It's less of a risk if we can send him back if he fails. We've seen enough failed 1 or 2 year deal new signings recently to know that, historically, our player recruitment prowess was aligned only to who Elite wanted to punt our way. Now MF has got Jason Windsor as F/T head of analysis the signings this year have generally been good.
3. If, as had proved with loanees from Swindon and Bristol City, the player does well with us then the chance of these clubs lending us another player at short notice if we hit an injury crisis is strong.
4 Unfortunately, the world of football is full of 'boot licking' with the big clubs able to snap up the best academy youngsters and promising talent from smaller clubs. The same would apply if, say, Barry Town or Cardiff Met in the Welsh league started to produce talented youngsters - we'd hoover them up, loan them some of our players in return, ensure boots are licked etc. It's not necessarily 'right' but it's football and the only way to compete. It's not "pathetic" but reality I'm afraid.
Best wishes.