Quote Originally Posted by AstonAlex View Post
The team certainly doesn’t look as though major surgery is required, unlike this time last year. Artell recruited pretty well (Nolan a big plus, Porter and Raynes started well but are now decent squad players and Walker has time on his side), most of the loanees worked out well (Green, McKirdy, Sherry) and our own young players all look better for another year. And do we miss Cooper?

So yes, we have far more grounds for optimism than a year ago - onwards and upwards, as some might say!
As it turned out we have not missed Cooper as much as I thought we would, it was his assists which I was worried about but as it turned out that wasn't a problem as others stepped up and provided the goals we needed. I still believe that Cooper is a quality player, but he probably needed to move in order to fulfil his potential, too much negativity towards from so called Crewe supporters which was over the top and out of order, but when the boo boys turn on you then it becomes very difficult. He had the support from the decent supporters but unfortunately we have that minority of inbreds who want to ruin it for everyone else.