If he said it, and I have no reason to believe he didn't, there is likely to be a much bigger context that is not known. We get to see these players once or twice a week - what goes on at training and at other times is largely unknown to everyone except those who are there. It is probably the case that Texeira, Costa, Cavaleiro, John feel little more than playing pieces and I doubt any of them were desperate to come to a mid table second tier team. Elsewhere in the squad, the likes of Stearman, Price and to a lesser extent a few others from pre-Fosun are barely getting a look in.
We don't know what effort is being put in during training by some of these players and Costa aside, the rest are right of the pace on match day. The way in which Zenga et al have been dispensed with suggests strongly that things are not well at the club and it wouldn't surprise me if the bulk of the loan players are gone in January and we start again. This season could well be a write off. What Edwards does with the squad could be a very strong indicator of our immediate plans.
