If we were buying Abrahams then I would consider it okay but again on the basis we do get a main striker. If we are loaning him, then no. As Haidara's Fan Boy says we should be stretching Armstrong to see if he can step up and determine if he's going to make the grade. He's now 20yo and I don't see the point in loaning him out again. Who to? Another Championship team? Why?
Why help Chelsea develop another player who if he makes it goes back to them and if he doesn't then it's at our expense. Yes he may be a success for a year but then again we have then wasted that year in progressing Armstrong.
As the Ponytail says, why not just scrap our youth teams and allow Chelsea, Man City and the likes to hoover up all young talent and get everyone else to test them so that they can then decide whether to keep them or not. Also what message does it give any young player thinking of coming to NUFC.
Abrahams seems a good player but so does Armstrong. Pointless having him if we never give him a chance to prove if he's good enough. He'll not do that at Coventry or Barnsley but he could do it here and here is the only place he can prove it.
Also wish ALL Clubs would stop taking loan players as this does not ultimately help anyone but the top 4/6 Clubs.
THE 166 PLAYERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON LOAN FROM PL CLUBS 2015/16
Arsenal (12)
Carl Jenkinson – West Ham, Wojciech Szczesny – Roma, Yaya Sanogo – Ajax, Serge Gnabry – West Brom, Chuba Akpom – Hull City, Emiliano Martinez – Wolves, Isaac Hayden – Hull City, Jon-Miquel Toral – Birmingham, Wellington – Bolton, Geidon Zelalem – Rangers, Ainsley Maitland-Niles – Ipswich, Dan Crowley – Barnsley
Aston Villa (6)
Nathan Baker – Bristol City, Joe Bennett – Bournemouth, Janoi Donacien – Wycombe Wanderers, Aly Cissokho – Porto, Riccardo Calder – Dundee, Callum Robinson – Bristol City
Bournemouth (7)
Stephane Zubar – York, Josh Carmichael – Torquay, Ryan Fraser – Ipswich, Shaun Macdonald – Gateshead, Josh O’Hanlon – Chesterfield, Jayden Stockley – Portsmouth, Harry Cornick – Yeovil
Crystal Palace (7)
Chris Kettings – Stevenage, Chris Scales – Crawley, Jack Holland – Bromley, Jerome Binnom-Williams – Burton, Ryan Inniss – Port Vale, Jack Hunt – Sheffield Wednesday, Hiram Boateng – Plymouth
Chelsea (33)
Nathan Ake – Watford, Michael Hector – Reading, Andreas Christensen – Borussia Monchengladbach, Wallace – Carpi, Todd Kane – NEC Nijmegan, Alex Davey – Peterborough, Kenneth Omeruo – Kasimpasa, Tomas Kalas – Middlesborough, Jeremie Boga – Stade Rennes, Lucas Piazon – Reading, Marko Marin – Trabzonspor, Jordan Houghton – Gillingham, Isaiah Brown – Vitesse, Mohamed Salah – Roma, Gael Kakuta – Seville, Nathan – Vitesse, Christian Cuevas – St. Truiden, Marco van Ginkel – Stoke, Juan Cuadrado – Juventus, Christian Atsu – Bournemouth, Victor Moses – West Ham, Danilo Pantic – Vitesse, Mario Pasalic – Monaco, Lewis Baker – Vitesse, Islam Feruz – Hibernian, Stipe Perica – Udinese, Ulises Davila – Vitoria Setubal, Patrick Bamford – Crystal Palace, Dominic Solanke – Vitesse, Joao Rodriguez Gonzalez – St. Truiden, Matej Delac – FK Sarajevo
Everton (4)
Luke Garbutt – Fulham, Jonjoe Kenny – Wigan, Francisco Junior – Wigan, Russell Griffiths - Northwich
Leicester (8)
Ben Hamer – Bristol City, Liam Moore – Bristol City, Paul Konchesky – QPR, Callum Elder – Peterborough, Jak McCourt – Port Vale, Ryan Watson – Northampton, Jacob Blyth – Cambridge United, Tom Lawrence – Blackburn
Liverpool (14)
Danny Ward – Aberdeen, Tiago Ilori – Aston Villa, Joe Maguire – Leyton Orient, Ryan McLaughlin – Aberdeen, Andre Wisdom – Norwich, Jordan Williams – Swindon, Lloyd Jones – Blackpool, Kevin Stewart – Swindon, Sergi Canos – Brentford, Lazar Markovic – Fenerbahce, Harry Wilson – Crewe, Sheyi Ojo – Wolves, Luis Alberto – Deportivio La Coruna, Mario Balotelli – AC Milan
Manchester City (12)
Jason Denayer – Galatasaray, Seko Fofana – Bastia, Jack Byrne – Cambuur, Jose Pozo – Almeria, Edin Dzeko – Roma, Enes Unal – Genk, Stevan Jovetic – Inter Milan, Angelino – New York City, Thomas Aygepong – FC Twente, Shay Lacey – New York City, Olivier Ntcham – Genoa, Yaw Yeboah - Lille
Manchester United (7)
Kieran O’Hara – Morecambe, Liam Grimshaw – Motherwell, Tyler Blackett – Celtic, Adnan Januzaj – Borussia Dortmund, Ben Pearson – Barnsley, Joe Rothwell – Barnsley, Will Keane – Preston
Newcastle (8)
Brendan Pearson – Gateshead, Paul Woolston – Gateshead, Freddie Woodman – Crawley, Remy Cabella – Marseille, Haris Vuckic – Wigan, Shane Ferguson – Millwall, Adam Armstrong – Coventry, Sammy Ameobi – Cardiff
Norwich (8)
Remi Matthews – Burton, Michael Turner – Sheffield Wednesday, Tony Andreu – Rotherham, Josh Murphy – MK Dons, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe – Rotherham, Ricky van Wolfswinkel – Real Betis, Carlton Morris – Hamilton, Jacob Murphy – Coventry
Southampton (3)
Jordan Turnbull – Swindon, Jack Stephens – Middlesborough, Sam Gallagher – MK Dons
Stoke (2)
Daniel Bachmann – Ross County, Mason Watkins-Clark – Wrexham
Sunderland (3)
Jordan Pickford – Preston, Emanuele Giaccherini – Bologna, Santiago Vergini - Getafe
Swansea (8)
Oliver Davies – Kilmarnock, Stephen Kingsley – Crewe, Adam King – Crewe, Connor Roberts – Yeovil, Nathan Dyer – Leicester, Alex Samuel - Morton, Kenji Gorre – ADO Den Haag, Modou Barrow – Blackburn
Tottenham (6)
DeAndre Yedlin – Sunderland, Dominic Ball – Rangers, Connor Ogilvie – Stevenage, Nathan Oduwa – Rangers, Grant Ward – Rotherham, Shaquile Coulthirst – Wigan
Watford (9)
Gabrielle Angella – QPR, Miguel Layun – Porto, Daniel Pudil – Sheffield Wednesday, Juanfran – Deportivo La Coruna, Connor Smith – Stevanage, Sean Murray – Wigan, Matej Vydra – Reading, Uche Ikpeazu – Port Vale, Diego Fabbrini – Middlesborugh
West Brom (4)
Alex Palmer – Kidderminster, Tahvon Campbell – Kidderminster, Andre Wright – Kidderminster, Adil Nabi - Delhi Dynamos
West Ham (5)
Sam Westley – VVV Venlo, Reece Burke – Bradford, Matt Jarvis – Norwich, Diego Poyet – MK Dons, Kusu Makasi - Chelmsford City
Last year for Chelsea it was 38 players on loan.
