Crowley Sold to MK Dons

[magpie_mania]

I think 13 moves in 10 years, be them loans or permanent, is telling, and ties in with this latest departure.
Who cares whether it bothers him or not? As long as fans express themselves, which is a nailed on certainty...that's fans being fans, no need to bring any devils into it, he's a christian after all

You can't treat loans the same as permanent moves though. Not the same at all. Mind, you did say 7 or 13 moves, now you conveniently only say 13!!

Do you employ footballers?

[SmiffyPie]

You can't treat loans the same as permanent moves though. Not the same at all. Mind, you did say 7 or 13 moves, now you conveniently only say 13!!

Do you employ footballers?

Of course loan moves count. It's an indicator of a players experience, ability or temperament. In this case temperament seems to be the case, if you take the time to read his Wiki page (yes I know, it's trial by Wiki) you will see that several times his attitude is questioned, he even mentions it himself "In a 2018 interview, Crowley admitted that his inability to handle being left out of the team caused a problem: "I started to fall out with people because I wasn't playing. I was getting on the gaffer's nerves and he just said 'You have got to go'." He has moved around so much for a reason.
Don't get me wrong, I wish he had stayed and become a friggin Notts legend, he's that good, but he decided it was time for him to put NCFC behind him.

[the_anticlough]

You can't treat loans the same as permanent moves though. Not the same at all. Mind, you did say 7 or 13 moves, now you conveniently only say 13!!

Do you employ footballers?

No, you said 7. He's moved clubs 13 times and the principle applies to footballers too. Bouncing around like that does say something.

In answer to others though, the main headline remains that a main rival has taken a major asset from us mid-competition.

About 11 clubs are competing for 3 promotion spots. 1 of these clubs (us) had arguably the best player in the division (note the 'arguably' there). At over the half way point of the competition, a rival has taken that asset away and now he plays for them and boosts their chances. And they were in constant touch with that contracted player and his agent during the first half of the competition too!

We can all agree that we made the best of a bad situation, good riddance and all of that, but we're not supposed to be happy about this. It sucks.