My boss is a Barnsley STH who follows them home and away. He's delighted they have Matty as they lost Conor Hourihane and desperately needed a CM. His comments were when Matty first arrived you could tell he was class, but he looked like he had been on the pies and was lacking sharpness. Now he's one of their stand out players as he is training hard and playing regular football. His observations are that he is a tidy player who you can tell has played and can play again at the higher level.
Personally, I think we did the right thing loaning him out as we're speeding up his recovery time so that he can re-join the squad. In Matty's interviews he's stated that's his goal. to come back to LCFC and challenge for a starting XI spot.