Crowley Sold to MK Dons

[KeepTheMagpieFlyingH]

300k for a player we got on a free with months left on his contract shows what a well oiled machine our club has become.

As for a replacement..I think it?s already been done in anticipation of DC moving. Jarvis in the 10 or JJ moves into a central role and Jarvis goes wide.

[slack_pie]

Do we have any evidence that MKD are offering 300k? Seems a lot to me considering the circumstances, but I guess they have money to burn and don't want to compete with L1 clubs in the summer.

[Chicken Balti Pie]

300k for a player we got on a free with months left on his contract shows what a well oiled machine our club has become.

As for a replacement..I think it?s already been done in anticipation of DC moving. Jarvis in the 10 or JJ moves into a central role and Jarvis goes wide.

I think JJ and Jarvis will sit behind Jatta. Allows McGoldrick to rotate with Jatta as well. Have Grant and Edwards to come and rotate with JJ and Jarvis with two of Tsaroulla, Martin and Austin on the wings... That is a tasty attack.

Seems the three medicals was correct, who is the third? Hoping for a beast of a midfielder, if so, all aboard the train

[freemuzzy]

Surprising from Crowley?s perspective as assumed he?d wait until the summer when he?d have more options, but it sounds like MK are blowing silly money so can?t blame him. On a football level, Lindsey has proved he?s in a different league to Maynard so if he?s earning a lot more playing under a far better manager in an equivalent style than I can understand it.

And total understand the club taking such a big fee for a player who presumably was happy to go too and would?ve left in six months anyway.

Disappointed for us we lose a very good player, one of the best in League Two. Talk on this thread about replacing him with Conor Grant 🤯. We played two months without Crowley very recently and barely won a game, then our form picked up when he came back. His level of creativity is hard to replace. Safe possession doesn?t generally win you games - in other words sometimes you need a player with a bit more about them willing to take risks to create chances, even if it means getting the boo boys on their back for losing the ball occasionally.

Give me a bit of over indulgence from Crowley over safe play from more limited players such as Hinchy, Austin, Grant, even Palmer any day - that won?t get us out of this league so we?ll need a big replacement in my view.

[BigFatPie]

Surprising from Crowley?s perspective as assumed he?d wait until the summer when he?d have more options, but it sounds like MK are blowing silly money so can?t blame him. On a football level, Lindsey has proved he?s in a different league to Maynard so if he?s earning a lot more playing under a far better manager in an equivalent style than I can understand it.

And total understand the club taking such a big fee for a player who presumably was happy to go too and would?ve left in six months anyway.

Disappointed for us we lose a very good player, one of the best in League Two. Talk on this thread about replacing him with Conor Grant 🤯. We played two months without Crowley very recently and barely won a game, then our form picked up when he came back. His level of creativity is hard to replace. Safe possession doesn?t generally win you games - in other words sometimes you need a player with a bit more about them willing to take risks to create chances, even if it means getting the boo boys on their back for losing the ball occasionally.

Give me a bit of over indulgence from Crowley over safe play from more limited players such as Hinchy, Austin, Grant, even Palmer any day - that won?t get us out of this league so we?ll need a big replacement in my view.

Great post, spot on. Ive never spotted what Conor Grant brings to the table, must be obvious to better tactical minds than mine, and Ive never seen an injury enhance someones reputation as much as Curtis Edward?s, hes had about what, 2 good games for us so far.

[jacobncfc]

Great post, spot on. Ive never spotted what Conor Grant brings to the table, must be obvious to better tactical minds than mine, and Ive never seen an injury enhance someones reputation as much as Curtis Edward?s, hes had about what, 2 good games for us so far.

He?s only played four, decent hit rate tbf.

[BigFatPie]

He?s only played four, decent hit rate tbf.

True, pretty small dataset though.

[1955pie]

Quote Originally Posted by jacobncfc View Post
He?s only played four, decent hit rate tbf.[/QUOTE]

True, pretty small dataset though.

I think you should both sit back and wait and see.

[jacobncfc]

True, pretty small dataset though.

I don?t think we?ve seen enough of Grant or Edwards to make much of a judgment on either of them either way. Both sort of like new signings.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Dan has been agitating for this move all season
We've offered a new contract but he wants far more than we pay other players, which MK are apparently happy to pay
The rest of the squad all know this which is not exactly conducive to team spirit
I understand we've held out to drive a hard bargain though. A bit like with Macca and Millwall, where the player also pushed for the move

If this is the case (and I get the impression you don?t make this stuff up) then I think it would be best for all parties if we were to let him go. That way Notts get as much money as possible to soften the blow as I do think Crowley is a talented player and we have more chance of getting promoted with him at Notts than with him being at MK Dons.

I?m not going to criticise the club or the player the model is clearly doing its job.

Of course from an emotive fan point of view it?s annoying and incredibly frustrating it?s a team in our league that wants want we want promotion and not a league one or championship club.

There is the nightmare vision of us playing at Wembley in the playoff final against MK Dons and Crowley and Nemane coming back to haunt us. Let?s hope such a scenario doesn?t come to pass and we can go on and get automatic promotion or not have to cross paths with MK Dons in the playoffs. But there are many permutations and outcomes to this season that we simply do not know at this stage.

As always enough has been done for me to continue to trust the radar.