Seems like another example of poor management, along with not having a full squad of 25 senior players and no real cover at left back. Remember the season when the transfer window closed and Benteke was the only proper forward and he then promptly got injured?

Other Premier League clubs accept they need 3 senior goalkeepers. Indeed, Newcastle are needing to play their third choice in this weekend’s cup final. So why let Butland go out on loan? He is not even making the sub’s bench at Man U so difficult to see any benefit to him either. At least he would provide experienced cover should Guaita unfortunately get injured. Whitworth may well be the future, but as yet he has not played even one minute for the first team and yet could potentially be thrown in at the deep end having to play in end-of-season must-win games. Just don’t see the logic of creating potentially difficult situations such as this when they can be avoided

We'd have to show him where the goal is...