JRC

In the past plenty of young talent at Crewe showed their qualities in league 2. Historically it was said that you got more time on the ball the higher up the leagues you played and that suited better players. I'm not sure that's true today.

Fair play to Dipepa. I'd assumed he was added to the squad mainly for them to have a closer look at him. He obviously did well enough to get on the bench and then took his opportunity. I'd guess he will be on the bench as a minimum on Saturday and next Tuesday.

A very good footballer.

TBF we are crying out for a leftback as well.

2 months ago a striker may have made a difference.

Mills was a gifted young player who I don't think I saw live. I was deployed in Kuwait for nearly all of 91 and 92. The club sent me quite a few videos of games for free during that period and his 2 goal debut is the one I still remember. Anthony Gardner should have got a call-up.

England MU17s squad named for EURO qualifiers at St. George's Park in March 2024 WWW.ENGLANDFOOTBALL.COM There's also a Stoke player in tge squad. Congratulations to the young man. The last player I remember playing age group football for England was Mark Chamberlain. It's a bright spark in a disappointing season. Longterm I think it is the way to a sustainable future and the progress at academy level is possibly more significant than a relegation. The club has endured numerous relegations and enjoyed many promotions in the last 50 years. We've not consistently produced league standard players since Sproson, Bromage and the Chamberlain brothers made their way into the first team; almost 50 years ago.

I always knew how bad Fergerson's record was at United during his first 2 and a half years at United. I watched a Brian Clough documentary recently and I'd forgotten how poor Clough initially did at both Derby and Forest. We got relegated in Rudge's first (part) season, followed by a very average mid table league 4 finish. It took Shankley 2 and a half years to get Liverpool promoted. A very different time when fans and chairmen were more prepared to give managers time.

You can certainly see why they are pushing for the playoffs. Clark was nowhere near fit. Lowe isn't mobile enough to play in a midfield 2. Wilson really struggled first half as the ball just isn't sticking.

Tom Pope is no longer a league 1 striker. He's not scoring regularly for Witton Albion. Smith should never have been made captain and I think that's been detrimental to his game. He's not a natural leader.

The problem with Sang is when he plays in midfield he looks like a rightback playing out of position.

Nowhere near. 79 - 81 were the worst years to support the club.

Towards the end of the match infront of the dugouts.

I'm confident this will be my 7th relegation. Not sure getting rid of Crosby was the right move as we have got worse if anything. Still a good finish from Baylee. Disappointing but the sun will rise again tomorrow.

No they are your words. What Shanahan actually said was after speaking for the first time with Moore she didn't want anyone else. As I remember it very few people on here wanted anyone else either. I personally want Derek Adams but I think I was in a minority of one.

Thought Gayle did well for the second. He dropped deeper having initially standing on the centrehalf and found himself half a yard.

If we'd got someone running off the headers he wins it would be the right tool for the job. He might be OK with someone like Mighton playing off him. He does win a lot of headers, they just end up getting cleared by one of the 4 unopposed defenders around Loft.

Connor Wickham hasn't played a game for 9 months. By the time he's properly match fit we'll either be relegated or safe.

I think Newcastle only paid him for the one season he had remaining on his contract when he signed for Stoke. This season he's had to survive on his Stoke wage.

There's a podcast with Dave Flitcroft on Twitter and we are talking to a free agent. I would suspect it's Gayle.

You can't just have someone sitting in the next door room, just in case your first choice deal falls through. Once it's down to the last couple of hours either the deal works out or you do a Wrexham or Bristol Rovers.

It would appear the plan fell apart late on deadline day. If there was a plan B it was too late to follow it.

It's pretty clear the manager did have some say and the priority was a centreforward. The problem was we failed to get the deal over the line in the final hours of the window. If we'd signed a decent centreforward I think it would have been a good window. Sadly it seem we failed in the final hour.

Partly depends on what Gayle wants from his next club. If he wants more money he won't be at Vale Park. I've seen him linked to Wednesday and Derby, where he's more likely to get minutes from the bench. He might be looking for a big pay cheques in Saudi or The States for a season. He might just love playing football and want to spend as much time as possible on the pitch. It is odd he still hasn't gone somewhere. I was expecting him to sign for someone within 48 hours of leaving Stoke. Normally players get released with a club already lined up but too late to get the deal done on deadline day.

As the window panned out Gibbo would have been a good signing. However, given the choice of a good centreforward or Gibbo the former was clearly the spot to spend money on. Being optimistic if Moore really did his research before taking the job it's pretty clear we are desperate for a centreforward. That probably means there is some kind of plan to bring someone in which has a reasonable probability of happening. I really can't see him being here to add a relegation to his CV. The obvious one Dwight Gayle who probably had his best season playing under Moore.