The loan has been always kiss of death for over a decade to be fair .that said with this board it has started significantly in 2013 with loaning out Deulofeu & Rafinha .it remains to be seen its product .and again it is this or lose many good young players without even giving them a real chance with 1st team (unless you suggest we turn into Arsenal)
We will have to wait to see its end product ,that said I can't get the idea that makes players like JDS&Roberto playing with 1st team last year while Deulofeu & Rafinha get loaned
Can you please reply in numbers?
For example, next Season these young players will aim for some minutes in our first team:
1. Sandro
2. Munir
3. Adama
4. Deulofeu
5. Halilovic
6. Samper
-- plus Rafinha and Bartra from "older guys"
-- now, it is matematically impossible to give enough games to these young players
-- plus, to play Messi, Suarez and Ney
-- but also, to win matches and some trophies
Again, giving chances to Deulo, Adama, Halilovic, Munir and Samper is nice, but what about Messi?
He is the best player we ever had. When he will be gone, we will be so much weaker, he brought us to a new level.
Let's say that he is already past his prime.
He will probably have 3-4-5 more good/world-class Seasons.
Should we ruin his final years, in a line up, for example: Bartra-Samper-Rafinha, Deulo-Munir-Messi (for example)
Just take a look at the last few matches:
-- Valencia away from home, you can't play with Deulo, Sandro, Munir, Adama, Samper, with any of younger guys
-- 2 weeks later Getafe away. Again, you can't play with youngsters. We struggled even with our best team
-- so, playing youngsters would be even worse and we would handle trophies to Real even easier than today
-- CL match against Psg or any knockout stage, you can't play youngsters
So, basically, you can play 1-2 youngsters in home matches where you will win 5:1
-- and in all cup matches
-- plus, in CL matches, group stage, against teams like Apoel
-- so:
-- 2-3 CL matches
-- 4-5-6 cup matches at max (against La Liga teams)
-- 10 La liga matches per Season
That is 15-20 matches at max where you can play youngsters.
-- let's say that in easier home La liga matches you can start with one youngster in attack (even though that means that you have to bench either Messi, Neymar or Suarez. Not to mention that we have to sell experienced worker Pedro then)
-- so, you can start with one younger FC (but that is a big IF also)
-- and if we are winning, you can put another youngster in the last 20-30 minutes
-- plus, you can put a younger Mc like Halilovic or Samper then for 15-20 Minutes
-- so:
-- you have 10 La Liga matches for one Fc available
-- 10 La Liga home matches and last 15-20 Minutes for a 2nd Fc
-- plus 10 matches with 15-20 Minutes for a young Mc
-- plus, 2 easier CL matches (Hapoel) and 3-4-5 cup matches
-- now imagine that you give 5 starts to Deulo (out of 10 possible starts in home La liga matches)
-- other 5 starts you give to Munir
-- plus 3 matches for each in a cup
-- and a few matches with last 20 minutes for each
So, even here you see that we can play only 2 younger Fcs
-- each will get 8 starts
-- and each of them will get 5-10 caps in the last 15 minutes
Young Mc can get 2-3-4 starts in home matches, 3-4 cup matches and 15 minutes in 5-6 matches.
And look, all above is possible if you have a coach who is willing to rotate and give some chances to youngsters.
But as you see, 2 younger Fcs will get 8 full matches in 12 Months and 4-5 matches with 15 Minutes.
I just don't see how is that enough for a young player.
But look, those are only minutes available for, let's say Deulo and Munir.
Sandro and Adama will get 2-3 cup matches and 15 minutes in 3-4 matches.
That can't be enough.
Also, there is always a possibility if a player don't play well in the first 2-3 matches (Deulofeu, for example), that he won't even get 10 matches, and that some other young Fc (let's say Adama) will get his minutes.
So, people are saying that loans aren't good.
On the other hand, we don't have the time and opportunities to give unlimited amount of chances to any player.
Barcelona and it's current results are much more important than giving a chance to some youngster. (Especially to 5-6 youngsters in the same time).
I just don't understand how some fans (not you, Khaled) plan to play both Messi, Ney, Suarez and all of our star players and in the same time giving chances to too many youngsters.
Also, how they think that it is possible to fight for trophies and play too many (unproven) youngsters in the same time.
You can't have both.