There are definitely issues with young Tom that need working on at USM Finch Farm, and I wonder if that’s contributing to his poor season - when he’s with the 1st team they’ll be working on tactics, set up , shooting etc is he getting enough individual attention to help him improve?
You can see when he comes on that he slots well into the position asked of him, fills space to prevent the opposition running through midfield in a way others don’t. It’s hard to figure what’s going on in his head with some of his passing, at times his fellow midfielders don’t help him out enough by being available for a pass, but his execution of forward passes has been poor.
For me he doesn’t need a loan out next season, if we are going to succeed as a club we need to be an organisation from manager downwards who can take 19 year olds with potential and improve them, only shipping them out if they need more game time and exposure to first team football elsewhere.