This rule change is not going to help us, and I'm not surprised to see us, Norwich and Watford being 3 of the top 5 clubs with players out on loan.
It is a terrific hedge against relegation. As I said on an unrelated thread a few weeks ago, if you get relegated and have to sell a number of your best players then to bring back your loan players means you have a new team at minimal cost.
Coming into the window we could have recalled the following side: Walton, Karbownik, Cochrane, Van Hecke, Clarke, Ostigard, Molumby, Caicedo, Zeqiri, Khadra, Mitoma. IMHO that is already a battle-hardened Championship-quality play-off side.
