THERE is no doubt that there are pros and cons to the loan system and I think it all depends on how you use it.

It is a good way of getting quality young players in but the problem you have got is that if they do really well then you are alerting other clubs.

They are not your player and you want to spend time with them and you want to develop them.

They are going to make mistakes because they are young and ultimately they go back to their parent club.

Personally, I would like to work with your own home talent if they are good enough and then you have got an asset within the club that you can either sell on or they can stay with you and progress to the levels you want to get to.

It is a difficult one. If you have got nothing in your system and you don’t think there is a player in a certain position coming through then it is a great way of getting a young Premier League or Championship player in.

The clubs are all trying to get them out. We get lists through of players that are available every week from those clubs asking to give their players some game time and get them in the first-team environment and toughen them up a little bit.

You’ve got to remember that these clubs have huge amounts of players. Just look at Chelsea, who have 32 players out on loan, I just find that ridiculous.

How are they going to manage that, how do you keep an eye on that and how are they ever going to come through your system?

Having worked with youth and under 21 levels, I would love to see much more home grown talent but how are they ever going to get a chance if clubs keep dipping into the loan market?

There is no guarantee that they are going to be better than what you’ve got until you give young boys the chance.

I think longer term loans, either six months or a season-long deal, are better to manage than month to month.

From a financial perspective, you could pay from nothing, if the club are keen for you to take him, up to the full wage, so for your budget, if you are getting a player for nothing, then it is obviously fantastic business wise.

The player has to have the right attitude and the right desire to play if he is dropping down.

With the emergency loan window being scrapped next season it will mean that clubs will have to prepare longer term.

You use it to suit your own needs and musts and I think it is a good system if you use it correctly.