It feels like everything has stalled a bit for our loan army, just when we needed them to finish strongly.
At Lincoln, the clean sheets have dried up for Alex Palmer and along with them has gone Lincoln's form. Morton is getting starts which is great, but not really the goals he would need to make a push for our first team next season (injury may have robbed him of that opportunity for this season at least).
At Cheltenham, Griffiths is still getting clean sheets as they look certain now to get promotion, but Finn Azaz has really lost his place in the side just as he seemed to be becoming a key player. Maybe he can get it back in the final few games, but it does make it less likely that they will look to have him back in league 1 next season and at 20 years of age, he isn't really that young anymore (for an attacking midfielder any way).
Kenneth Zohore won't find a home at Milwall next season either. Arguably the most bizzare signing we have ever made is going to need a free transfer at this rate.
Bowyer' s resurgent Blues has no rooms for passengers like Rekeem Harper who has now been relegated to the same role he has had here for the last few years - unused sub. A case study in just how s*** our youth progression is at this club sometimes. So so we just sell him on now to a league 1 side while inserting a big sell on fee clause?
Finally, Charlie Austin may be suspended, but Sam Field started in QPR's latest big win. QPR won't have much money this summer but will certainly want Field back so we might again be looking at sell on fees if we want to make real money.
There was a stage a few months into the season where it was looking really positive for our loanees. Zohore was amongst the goals, Palmer, Griffiths and Azaz were doing well while we had Windsor, Soule and Morton getting goals early on in their spells. Fast forward to the end of the season and with our poor youth team results, it's really hard to feel positive about what we have coming through.
Other than the 2 keepers, there doesn't seem to be anyone we can bring into our first team for next season. A bit demoralising really.