After taking a two goal lead Stoke went very narrow and compact (Schumacher tactically outsmarted Nancesnip) but Devine was the one Argyle player who tried to make things happen and drive at the Stoke defence.
Sadly he's too lightweight to start games and is much better as an impact sub.
Regarding the loanees the parent clubs will be delighted their young players are experiencing a relegation battle as part of their learning journey.
Not so good for us though but that's our fault for signing a load of youth players in January.
You're onto something there Postey, although the word from Spurs is that they are disappointed about Divine especially and also Phillips as well, not playing, I presume, because they are talking about sending them out to another Championship club but one that is established in the league.
Hallett would like us to get young lads, to improve them, and then sell them on at a profit, in order to compete at this level, or any level really.
What we must strive for, then, is to bring in youngsters with potential, added to the youngsters that we can get from the Academy, and then balance the team up by bringing in older experienced players on loan.
I don't mean that we have to have ALL youngsters as our own, but we must have a balance of youth and experience.
We can then buy and sell on each season in order to get the finance to improve year on year.
With the young lads that came in on loan, we seem to be doing this the wrong way round.