Last season Kyron Gordon was moved into the first team after Chris Basham suffered an injury, as well as Charlie Goode who signed on loan in the January transfer window.
Although at a tender age of 20, Gordon proved to be a reliable option to cover the right centre-back spot. He started 4 games across February and March, sharing the role with Ben Davies while Basham was recovering.
Gordon showed that age is just a number during that difficult injury spell for the Blades. He wasn’t out of his depth playing at Championship level, but it isn’t ideal having to rely on a young defender who is still developing physically and tactically.
Paul Heckingbottom knows this, and that’s why in a recent interview he had this to say about the young defender:
“If we’re not using Kyron I would love for him to get out and get league football. I said that to him last season that I think he’d benefit a hell of a lot from it. For him personally and his development for him to be competing for a first team shirt would be good for him. For me with Kyron, he needs that next step. He needs first team every day” [Yorkshire Live]
Why are we sending our players out on loan. Players at 29 years should be given a chance to show how could they are if not get rid of them.
We are continually bring players in on loan blocking the path for the youngsters to progress into the first team/first team squad.
This goes back to to Chris Wilders day’s have 4-5 loan players sitting on the bench and not getting game time.
We had 4-5 on loan during parts of the 2021-2022 season and only one Gibbs White stood out, for me loan players mostly are just a waste of money.