Favourite Loan Player?

[Jolemai]

This is currently doing the rounds on social media:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1890085755470639527

Who was your favourite player on loan for us?

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Alan Nielsen was really classy for us, was never going to sign, but looked like the bollocks for those 5 or so games.

 

[AndyWolves]

Mark Walters

Ignoring the more recent loans with obligations nonsense

 

[Tony Towner]

Whittingham the first time was decent. N'Daiye did the job he was here for well in the Championship. I can't think of many we didn't go on to sign that were a loss

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Jim Melrose. If we’d kept him we might not have slid down the leagues in the 1980s.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Probably not fair or accurate, but Kenny Miller seemed loads better on loan before he signed.

He never seemed the same player after broke his collarbone.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Michael Branch, scored about half his goals when on loan.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Huddlestone looked a class above.

 

[AndyWolves]

Doumbia i think his name was, ace on loan and then we signed him. O'hara falls into that bucket too

 

[Jolemai]

Maybe Sturridge or Whittingham for me? I forgot about Nielsen.

 

[Tredman]

Super Guy the Soldier.

 

[James]

Jamie O'Hara on loan was brilliant until we signed him

 

[Carsy]

Willian Jose

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Vitinha is objectively the best we've ever had, but we wasted that opportunity.

Dean Sturridge was outstanding (and thanks Harry Bassett for agreeing to sell to us at the bargain basement price despite it not being written in to the deal), I liked Carlos Edwards too.

 

[ROVERT47]

Kenny Miller.

 

[Alan]

I miss Big Alfred.

 

[Carsy]

Tbf alot of players in recent times have technically been on loan. Jota, Jonny, Raul etc

Raul one of my favs, 2nd fav player in the Fosun era for me

 

[White Wolf]

Most of our loan players who have done well we have ended up signing. Kightly, Jimenez, Helder Costa, Jota, Jonny, Boly, Dendoncker, Cunha... even ones with just a decent contribution like Ait-Nouri, Guedioura, Hwang - all signed. If we didn't sign O'Hara then his loan spell and what he brought would be a massive positive. Doumbia was really good at first. So was Bonatini!

If we're only talking players that didn't sign permanently: Alfred N'Diaye was good, pleasantly surprising too as he was underwhelming going off his previous appearances in England. I thought Peszko was decent. When I was a kid I liked Frimpong. Vitinha is the one who got away but surely can't be anyone's favourite loan player. Even if there was clear potential, Nuno didn't use him.