Newcastle were thumped 5-1 at Whitley Park, with Eduardo Fernandes scoring a hat-trick.
Lawrence told ChronicleLive: “If you look at the last few weeks in terms of the games across the age groups, the 18s, 19s and 21s, it brings different things in terms of the loans. If you look at the Mansfield game, the Boston game, that’s preparing the players for the future careers with what some of the games will look like in the leagues.
"When you play in these types of games, it’s the tactical, the technical details, the physicality, the mental side of the game. It’s tough at the moment with what we have experienced today but in terms of the level you’re aspiring to play at against peers that are going up against each other.
“We will look at each individual in terms of if the loan is going to be right for them in that period but we know we have a good games programme for them.”