Crowley Sold to MK Dons

[Lullapie]

I've not been following AN - is he doing ok at MK Dons?

[Ex_Southwell_Magpie]

I've not been following AN - is he doing ok at MK Dons?

Started nearly every game (apart from against us) and has the most assists for them with seven. I don’t think he has scored yet.

[jacobncfc]

I?m prepared to be proven completely wrong on this, but I?m fine with it. I was starting to look forward to Crowley moving on in the summer anyway, so if MK have given us some giant sacks of cash for him then that?s great.

I thought DC was absolutely fantastic for the first few months he was here, playing high up the pitch, doing all of his work around and in the box. Since then (and it was pre-Maynard, that just made it worse) he?s become ever-more frustrating. He can suck the life out of games sometimes IMO, he?s on the ball constantly, making it hard for anyone else in that area of the pitch to do anything, and impossible for us to move forward as a team quickly. Yes it looks great when he plays six one-twos, does a Cruyff turn and then plays a through ball no one else had even noticed, but there are far more attacks that end up stifled because of his stubborn reluctance to play the ball forward early and sharply. Add that to him offering essentially nothing when we don?t have the ball and tracking back, and tendency to save his champagne performance for a home game against someone 17th in the league rather than when we really need them, and? I can see the logic.

Which sounds like I am really criticising him, which I don?t want to. He?s been fun to watch, been at the heart of some beautiful football, and is really naturally gifted. But I don?t think ?does having a Dan Crowley make you more or less likely to get promoted in League Two? is a simple question to answer.

[Notts78]

I?m fairly pragmatic about players leaving. It?s football and if the rumours are true that?s ?1m received for 2 players?. When was the last time that happened? Pavis era?
It?s actually a selling point that Notts can point too?. Players know that we can help them progress their careers and won?t stand in the way of that if the price is right.
As with all good players, you will miss them? however, I?ve never been more confident than I am now, that players can be replaced. Jatta is no Macca, but boy has he been some replacement. The same could happen when DC leaves?I wonder what fee Spurs would want for Abbott?

[PedroTheFisherman66]

Fool me once shame on you! Fool me twice shame on me.! Think Wooton and Rodders both who had a bigger chance of staying with promotion looming. Crowley's just waiting to go no matter what. Get rid, take the cash and reinvest it where its needed.

[Mud Pie]

It?s actually a selling point that Notts can point too?. Players know that we can help them progress their careers and won?t stand in the way of that if the price is right.
As with all good players, you will miss them? however, I?ve never been more confident than I am now, that players can be replaced. Jatta is no Macca, but boy has he been some replacement. The same could happen when DC leaves?I wonder what fee Spurs would want for Abbott?

good point about the rep we're getting as a club.

Now you've said, I'd swap DC for GA in heartbeat! (although maybe not to promotion rivals)