Town boss Paul Jewell says that while he’s going to stick Town’s loan signings at the current level of eight, some of the younger members of the squad could be moved out on a similar basis in order to gain experience. Striker Ronan Murray, who spent much of last season with Swindon, and left-back Joe Whight would appear the most likely candidates to be sent out for spells if clubs can be found for them.
Jewell says that with one of the six domestic loanees having to be left out of a matchday squad, there will be no more additions on that basis: "We’d have to get a new dressing room!
"It’s difficult with all the loan players, we can only have five on the teamsheet, so I would have to say at this moment, no.
"Maybe one or two can go out on loan to gain some experience maybe, one or two of the younger ones.”
He says he’s talked to some of the youngsters such as Murray: "I’ve spoken with them, they’re good lads but they need to go and play serious football rather than the U21s.
"Luke Hyam’s a little bit different because he’s played in our first team but that bang he took against Barnsley’s knocked him back a little bit, but we’ll see how things pan out.”
One player who won’t be joining the club is former Chelsea keeper Rhys Taylor who was recently on trial and played in the 3-2 U21s victory over Barnet: "He was just in doing a bit of training with us. That won’t be going any further.”