Owen Dale Loan Ends 10th January

[gazan]

Good riddance! He's gone!

[Gobstopper]

Good riddance! He's gone!

Although I am pleased this saga has been resolved and Dale is now a Blackpool player, I am disappointed to hear he has gone for an undisclosed fee. This description is normally used to hide the fact that he has gone for relatively little money not the £500k first reported when he was loaned out. Blackpool were looking for a revised lower figure and it looks like they have achieved this. Obviously it was not a good situation him coming back to Crewe, you could not have him back at training or even in the dressing room, this idea that people thought he would be back in the team was ridiculous. When Dale threw his toys out any idea that he could ever play for Crewe again was probably ended, hence he was loaned out to Blackpool even though he failed his initial fitness test. He is a good player, his likely transfer fee is probably going to be low and that is disappointing, but I am pleased he has gone.