He is clearly too good for under 23 grade football (5 goals and an assist in 6 games at the end of last year for a winger tells it's own story), and at 19 he was one of Barnsley's better players last year in the same league, so he might well be a great addition, but it is still hard not to have the (possibly irrational) awkward feeling about taking a 20 year old on loan from a mid table prem clubs academy when he hasn't really had any game time for them.
I fully support us having loan deals from the prem and beyond, but generally you are thinking players from top clubs academies who are probably ready for senior football, but can't be risked at the sharp end of the league and so you get in during that window of opportunity (for instance, Mason Mount to Derby and Tammy Abraham when he went Bristol 2 summers ago).
When you are taking kids from similar clubs to your own though, it does feel a bit weird.
Still, if I was being honest, I think I like the sound of him more than I do of having McLean as an option so in that sense it might be an improvement.
It is a wake up call though to just how far we have fallen with this relegation, anf shows that we aren't doing much scouting abroad this summer.