The Loan Report: September 11-17

Chelsea’s Loan Army continues to tick along rather nicely now that we’re really getting into the swing of the season, and added a pair of goals this weekend from two midfielders who know where the back of the net is.

Headliners

The first of those came courtesy of Lewis Baker, who scored for the second time in Middlesbrough colours and the first in the league, in a 3-2 win versus QPR on Saturday. He found acres of space on a swift counter-attack and produced a composed finish after collecting Marvin Johnson’s pass.

On Sunday, Mario Pašalić also grabbed his second goal since joining Spartak Moscow on loan for the season. Having made his Champions League debut in midweek in a 1-1 draw away to Maribor, the Croatian retained his place in midfield for the trip to Tosno and rewarded manager Massimo Carrera with a goal to put Spartak 2-0 up midway through the second half.

Unfortunately, a poor second-half display saw them only come away with a 2-2 draw.

England

Premier League

Ruben Loftus-Cheek caught the eye on his return from injury as he got 78 minutes for Crystal Palace under new manager Roy Hodgson in a 1-0 defeat to Southampton. He twice went close to scoring himself in a powerful first-half display, whilst he also laid on two gilt-edged chances for team-mates either side of half time with Christian Benteke once again guilty of spurning the better of them.

Tammy Abraham also produced an encouraging display for Swansea as Paul Clement’s boys earned a 0-0 draw against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley. The 19 year-old was often isolated in attack and had to do a lot of hard running for the team, but did so with a maturity and a work ethic that belied his tender years, and the experience will have served him well for the long season ahead.

Kurt Zouma was somewhat less assured as Stoke lost 2-1 at Newcastle; the Frenchman could arguably have been sent off for a professional foul on former loan army star Christian Atsu, only to receive the benefit of the doubt from the referee, but he’ll have better days for sure.

Izzy Brown remains injured at Brighton whilst edging closer to a return, whilst Kasey Palmer is also on the sidelines at Huddersfield with a hamstring injury of his own. Initial reports from manager David Wagner suggested he could be out until 2018 but, after further tests, the England Under-21 midfielder could return in a matter of weeks.

Championship

Jeremie Boga has played less than half a dozen matches for Birmingham City and he’s already facing up to the prospect of working for another manager. Harry Redknapp departed St Andrew’s this week after two more defeats left him winless this season and Boga, who has played every possible minute since swapping Chelsea blue for Birmingham blue, will wait to see who his new boss will be for 2017-18.

It was an equally frustrating week for the trio of defenders stationed up at Hull City. Michael Hector, Ola Aina and Fikayo Tomori all started away to Fulham and at home to Sunderland, but the Tigers could only take one point from six available, and find themselves stuck firmly in the bottom half of the league after eight matches. Tomori, at least, has impressed in his first two outings for the club, and looks set to become a key player in trying to turn things around.

Tomas Kalas helped Fulham to a 2-1 win in the first of those matches, but Fulham’s early-season inconsistency continued with a reverse by the same scoreline away to Burton three days later. Lucas Piazon is injured for the foreseeable future.

Iké Ugbo sat out Barnsley’s League Cup exit at the hands of Derby County but returned to play 45 minutes against John Terry and Aston Villa at the weekend. Villa won 3-0 but the young forward should have scored a late consolation, dragging wide from a position that demanded a more clinical finish.

Jamal Blackman kept his third clean sheet for Sheffield United away to Bolton in a 1-0 midweek win, but was beaten by a smart goal from Yanic Wildschut in a single-goal defeat at home to Norwich City on Saturday.

League One

After an impressive start to their League One season, Charlton came back to earth with a bump this week as they suffered defeats against Wigan and Gillingham. Jay Dasilva was on the pitch for every second of both and, like the rest of his Addicks team-mates, wasn’t quite as good as he has been so far this term.

Jordan Houghton played 72 minutes for Doncaster away to Rochdale in midweek but wasn’t included in the squad for their weekend defeat against Scunthorpe, likely as part of his long-term rehab from injury and not pushing his match load quite this soon.

League Two

Forest Green Rovers were beaten 1-0 at home by Lincoln on Tuesday in a match where Brad Collins was accused of spitting at one of the Lincoln players. The goalkeeper was cleared of any wrongdoing and played his part in helping Rovers to a draw away to Port Vale on Saturday.

Charlie Wakefield is yet to link up with Stevenage and is not expected to do so until October.

Non-League

Nathan Baxter recorded his first Woking clean sheet at the 11th attempt this week; after helping the Cards to a 2-1 win over his former club Solihull Moors in midweek, he pitched an excellent performance and a shutout against Sutton United on Saturday in a 2-0 win that catapulted the club up into the top half of the league.

Jared Thompson and Chippenham suffered back-to-back defeats away from home this week; firstly to Truro in National League South action, then 1-0 at Weymouth to end their FA Cup adventure for ’17-18.

Netherlands

Vitesse, as has become tradition, used their first home fixture of September to honour the British 1st Airborne Division, and did so with a 1-1 draw against VVV Venlo three days after their Europa League opener against Lazio.

Their performance against the Italians was impressive, and they twice led only to lose late on, but it was a display that will give them optimism of being able to challenge for qualification in the group. Fankaty Dabo and Matt Miazga both started – Dabo was especially impressive – with Charlie Colkett coming off the bench, and the same occurred against VVV on Sunday.

Unfortunately, Colkett’s introduction came at Dabo’s expense, whilst Mason Mount only got off the bench late in the Lazio match.

Marco van Ginkel captained PSV to a 1-0 win over champions Feyenoord.

Todd Kane, who turned 24 this weekend, played 90 minutes at wing-back for Groningen in a 2-1 defeat away to NAC Breda.

Belgium

Victorien Angban played 76 minutes as Waasland-Beveren drew 2-2 away to Charleroi.

France

Nathan made his debut for Amiens as an 81st-minute substitute in a 2-0 defeat at home to Marseille.

Russia

Josimar Quintero was an unused substitute for Rostov in their 2-0 defeat at CSKA Moscow.

Turkey

Kenneth Omeruo came on as a 67th-minute substitute for Kasimpasa in their 2-0 defeat at Galatasaray.

Serbia

Danilo Pantic played a minute of Partizan’s Europa League draw with Young Boys in midweek and was back on the bench on Sunday against Radnicki.

Mexico

Joao Rodriguez was not involved as Tampico Madero were beaten 1-0 away to Leones Negros.

Statistics

Started: July 15th
Finished: May 26th

Player Club League FA Cup League Cup Europe/Cont Other Mins
Played
Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tammy Abraham Swansea City 30 5 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1971 37 8
Ola Aina Hull City 44 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4003 47 1
Victorien Angban Waasland-Beveren 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2349 31 1
Lewis Baker Middlesbrough 12 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 790 14 2
Michy Batshuayi Dortmund 10 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1169 14 9
Jeremie Boga Birmingham City 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2190 33 2
Isaiah Brown Brighton 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 401 15 0
Jake Clarke-Salter Sunderland 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 490 9 0
Charlie Colkett Vitesse Arnhem 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 293 11 0
Cristian Cuevas FC Twente 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1968 24 0
Fankaty Dabo Vitesse Arnhem 27 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2625 33 0
Jay Dasilva Charlton Athletic 39 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3483 43 0
Marco van Ginkel PSV 28 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2874 33 16
Michael Hector Hull City 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3054 37 1
Jordan Houghton Doncaster Rovers 37 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3170 39 1
Tomas Kalas Fulham 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2609 36 0
Todd Kane Groningen 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 571 10 0
Todd Kane Oxford United 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1530 17 3
Kenedy Newcastle United 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 869 11 2
Ruben Loftus-Cheek Crystal Palace 24 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1965 25 2
Matt Miazga Vitesse Arnhem 36 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3659 43 4
Mason Mount Vitesse Arnhem 32 14 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2915 39 14
Charly Musonda Celtic 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 335 8 0
Nathan Amiens 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 85 2 0
Nathan Belenenses 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 496 13 2
Kenneth Omeruo Kasimpasa 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2407 27 1
Kasey Palmer Huddersfield Town 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 243 5 0
Kasey Palmer Derby County 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 473 16 2
Danilo Pantic Partizan Belgrade 31 4 4 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 3146 46 5
Mario Pašalić Spartak Moscow 21 4 2 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 1656 30 5
Lucas Piazon Fulham 23 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1360 25 6
Josimar Quintero FC Rostov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 0
Josimar Quintero Real Betis B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 5 0
Baba Rahman Schalke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 0
Joao Rodriguez Tampico Madero 21 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1727 23 8
Fikayo Tomori Hull City 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2152 26 0
Iké Ugbo Barnsley 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 909 18 1
Iké Ugbo Milton Keynes 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1161 17 2
Kurt Zouma Stoke City 33 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3038 34 1
Total 64255 898 99



Player Club League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Mins
Played
Total
Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht
Nathan Baxter Woking 42 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4320 48 7
Mitchell Beeney Sligo Rovers 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 990 11 2
Jamal Blackman Sheffield United 30 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2727 32 9
Brad Collins Forest Green Rovers 40 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3839 43 8
Jared Thompson Chippenham Town 40 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3960 44 11
Total 15746 177 37