Quote Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue View Post
Wintle is 24, hardly a development talent. No-one can tell me with a straight face Bowen is a better option, or that the midfielders he should be replacing are so much better than him that he has to go out on loan for a year.
Precisely why he needs games now. Bowen is younger and the experience of a few games/minutes and being in the first team squad will be more beneficial for him than it would have been for Wintle, who needs to play at that age.