Will be padded a bit by playing for the team that eventually came 4th - regardless, a kid putting up numbers like that age 20 in the Championship is always worth a good strong look. Loan with buy option for half a season seems great to me.
People giving Thelwell a lot of stick it seems but this feels like a smart, low-risk gamble with a potentially big upside. Honestly in our position re: PSR etc., that's what you want from a January window.