I still don't think it's a very sound long term plan to build a team, and I certainly wouldn't want us to be a Serie A feeder team full of someone else's players. Just my opinion.
This transfer window Watford have actually started to sign some of the better loan players on permanent deals. It was sort of a try before you buy scheme. The ones that can adapt to the English game stay and those that don't can be packed off back to Italy and Spain...
i wouldnt like to think we were like blackburn,saw them last night on the football league show,not a happy bunch.