Turner hits out at Critics of Loan System

Graham Turner has hit out at critics of the way he has used the loan system for players.

The Hereford United manager has said that since Gary Peters the former Shrewsbury Town manager mentioned the subject others including 'a chap named Adrian Durham on Talk Sport radio' have taken it up.

However it was Sky Sports’ George Gavin and Chris Kamara talking about the Bulls' victory over Leeds that really brought it to Turner's attention.

"It was suggested that we got promotion on the back of loan players, now we were trying to survive on the back of loan players," Turner told the Hereford Times.

"We could not carry a big squad of players so we made a conscious decision to keep an eye on younger players at bigger clubs, cultivate connections with some bigger clubs and use the loan system to our advantage.

"Leeds, the biggest club in our division by miles, had three loan players against us last Tuesday yet I never see any adverse comment concerning that.

"So it really gets under my skin when we are referred to as a club that is skint and has to use the loan market.

"Maybe we had the sense to use it before anyone else saw its advantages and we will continue to do so."

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