They were still in there teens though, I don't think a couple more years in France would have hurt them, allowing them to develop the technical side of their game. I honestly think Houllier only brought them in when he did to appease the fans looking for exciting signings that apart from kewell he had failed to come up with. I may remember wrongly but it was quite a late decision not to send them on loan again wasn't it? I may be wrong it was just the way I saw it at the time