Don't really get it from the player perspective either. He's 24, not 19. Why spend another half a season in L1 when you could be fighting for a place in a potential premier league team next year?
Palmer seems to be back up for LW/CAM/RW right now, so he's likely playing elsewhere (as he has been recently)
O'Hare compromises our attacking midfield.
Ok, misunderstood your point slightly.
But the situation right now is if we can maintain 6th for 17 games we're in the playoffs. Next season we have to do it for 46 games. We should be going for it this year.