I’m not saying we should start him over MVE, but it’s simply not true that KKH has been out for ages - he was in the Norwich and Oxford squads (so 2 out of the last 4).
Do we need 2 CBs on the bench, plus Bidwell who could also cover? It wouldn’t surprise me to see one of Woolfenden or Kitching left out of the squad.
I’m sure KKH also isn’t happy not making the match day squad at the moment.
What do you want them to do, start selling them on the 4th for a game on the 7th?
The club are in an impossible situation and putting them on sale now is the only sensible solution.
By “non cup participation”, do you mean that their clubs wouldn’t want them playing in a cup competition? Why on earth would their parent clubs not want them to play? Surely the point of the loans is to get them playing more football.
For potentially one of our biggest games of the season? That’s about as likely as Lampard starting with 4-4-2 that someone suggested earlier.
There’s an outside chance Perry might get some game time against Stoke but doubt whether he will start that either.