George Ray

[ChalkDust]

Signing new contract this Thursday, a two year deal.

[ruocul]

Well pleased about that. Feel he has a lot of potential in the game.

Believe we still need another 3 new recruits, be they signings or loanees. Another centreback. An experienced midfield playmaker, and a rightback.

Think that playing NG at rightback would be a waste of his potential. Convinced he would make an excellent defensive midfielder.

[ALEXKNOWALL]

Ray was always going to stay because of the compensation but no-one can blame him for seeing if his Agent can get him better pay elsewhere

Agree on need for more recruits. There will be a midfielder I guess but maybe the holding midfielder / centre back will be just one player

[gazan]

Seems to me that Perry fits the bill as CH/deep lying midfielder.

[Me For Crewe]

There will be a midfielder I guess but maybe the holding midfielder / centre back will be just one player[/QUOTE]

Is that statement more than a guess? I have heard a similar story. Second division player last season with the team now relegated.

[AstonAlex]

Top priority should be a right back I think, unless there's one made a lot of progress among the Academy lads.

I'd be quite happy for the midfielder to be a loanee for 6 months as we seem to have a lot of promising youngsters there and signing an experienced player in a 2 or 3 year deal might be hampering the progress of Wintle, Ainley et al. No sense spending our limited resources where we already have some decent options.

[ChalkDust]

There will be a midfielder I guess but maybe the holding midfielder / centre back will be just one player

Is that statement more than a guess? I have heard a similar story. Second division player last season with the team now relegated.[/QUOTE]

Well we better not hang around then.

[Me For Crewe]

Is that statement more than a guess? I have heard a similar story. Second division player last season with the team now relegated.

Well we better not hang around then.[/QUOTE]

Very cryptic CD

[ShropshireAlex]

Well we better not hang around then.

Very cryptic CD[/QUOTE]

I assume this is about Brad Walker, 21 year old Hartlepool midfielder/CH, out of contract, Hartlepool local press saying he's refused new contract and signing for us - we'd owe compensation though if he does. Do we want another young centre mid?
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/spo...ave/?ref=fbshr - courtesy of Pamela on Facebook Alex Banter.

[ChalkDust]

Ray was always going to stay because of the compensation but no-one can blame him for seeing if his Agent can get him better pay elsewhere

Agree on need for more recruits. There will be a midfielder I guess but maybe the holding midfielder / centre back will be just one player

No compensation if he had gone North of the Border thought