Loan Letdowns

[andrew p long]

That's definitely not true, RE 1 month maximum. Top three cloggers definitely up there though. I can't remember, to be honest, if anyone was excited about their arrival.

I think what Sea Grecian meant to say was that loans could last for as little as a month. Now if they are with us after the end of the deadline they are with us until January (or as per Harry Smith,can go back but not play, until January). All 3 of those mentioned went back in Sept and October.

 

[edwin_price]

I think what Sea Grecian meant to say was that loans could last for as little as a month. Now if they are with us after the end of the deadline they are with us until January (or as per Harry Smith,can go back but not play, until January). All 3 of those mentioned went back in Sept and October.

Oh right, jesus, I hadn't noticed it worked that way. So there's no option for a 1-3 month loan?

 

[andrew p long]

Oh right, jesus, I hadn't noticed it worked that way. So there's no option for a 1-3 month loan?

Nope! IIRC what happened was that clubs were getting round the 'can only sign permanently during the summer and January transfer windows' by in ,say, October signing a player on loan until January, but with a side agreement that a permanent transfer for an agreed fee would happen in January. That was effectively the same as a permanent signing in October.

So to avoid that sneaky trick the rules were changed to ban loans (except emergency keeper loans) in all times outside the transfer windows. A real shame in some ways as there are plenty of occasions when a one month loan would be useful for the player and both clubs.

 

[Super Ronnie Jepson]

Worst ever loan letdowns... meaning the biggest gulf between excited expectations on arrival vs actual delivery.

Admiral Muskwe is setting a high bar for me. Think he's out in front. Partly because he was hyped, partly because, even if he was good, he's so obviously an inadequate solution to the absence of an entire strike force.

Think Lauri Delle Valle would be up there for me. He'd get in this side though!

Weirdly, if we're going purely by expectation versus reality, I'll chuck Cureton into the ring. He came here on loan in 2012 when we were in the shit, but in his 7 game loan spell, scored only once and we were relegated.

Of course, we signed him again permanently and he was again fantastic but I recall being very disappointed when he was on loan that he didn't just bang in a couple every game.

 

[Rosencrantz]

Going back a while but I remember City getting Steve Phillips on loan who had a pretty good scoring record (and had scored a few against us) coming in on loan and flopping.

 

[Egg]

Going back a while but I remember City getting Steve Phillips on loan who had a pretty good scoring record (and had scored a few against us) coming in on loan and flopping.

That's the short guy, yeah? Have a vague memory of him starting a game for us up top with Kevin Francis, although it's entirely conceivable it's a figment of my imagination.

 

[otterton reds]

That's the short guy, yeah? Have a vague memory of him starting a game for us up top with Kevin Francis, although it's entirely conceivable it's a figment of my imagination.

I think he scored one goal for us away at Scarborough

 

[Rosencrantz]

That's the short guy, yeah? Have a vague memory of him starting a game for us up top with Kevin Francis, although it's entirely conceivable it's a figment of my imagination.

It would be your imagination as Phillips was with us in 1987. He was a shortarse though. The players who you might be thinking of could be Graeme Tomlinson or Kevin Rapley when "Tree" was here.

 

[Mid Devon Grecian]

Marcus Haber

 

[citytillidie72]

Marcus Haber

You just beat me to it.