In your totting up, Wartman, of ins and outs of players you haven't included: Billy Sass; Travis Johnson; Zac Williams; Joel Tabiner; Reagan Griffiths; Connor O'Riordan and Tyreece Onyeka. That's 7 players including 5 debuts.
Plus Connor Salisbury and Tyreece Onyeka seem to be coming through.
In your totting up, Wartman, of ins and outs of players you haven't included: Billy Sass; Travis Johnson; Zac Williams; Joel Tabiner; Reagan Griffiths; Connor O'Riordan and Tyreece Onyeka. That's 7 players including 5 debuts.
There is no doubt the future looks bright with these kids. We do need to hang on to them and develop them in our first team whist the next batch make strides towards being able to follow them. The Academy set up makes all this possible of course and whilst not everyone is supportive of it I don't think there s much doubt we have benefitted from it repeatedly over the last 20 plus years
Billy Sass and Travis Johnson were already in the first team, admittedly Zac has come through (however only looks for a short time as he wants to move on) and Reagan Griffiths also looks like a season in league 2 will improve him. The rest of the names you mention are players for the first team in a couple of seasons time not the here and now.
You say we have a bright future with the academy and then in the next breath say we do need to keep hold of them with a certain fear and doubt in your tone surely keeping players of this age which the club has nurtured to their current position should be a give me however it seems nowadays this is in some doubt, why is this ?
Sorry just seen you posted his name earlier, certainly does not look what we need so would be a disappointing addition in the clubs current position. And do we need another striker as Artell says he is still hopeful Mandron will sign his contract, but in truth he knows he won’t.
Despite the low numbers and quality still no recruitment and I note Artells tone gets cooler and cooler on the recruitment subject, clearly they are finding hard to find anybody who will play for nothing who is any good, so all expect is more average crap at best. And probably starting with the lad in Holland who to quote Artell is a not that hit the ground running player he says we need, we clearly have to adddress the recruitment budget we are and absolute joke.
What exactly is happening with recruitment? Weren't we on the verge of signing this bloke from the Netherlands? Is he just a myth? Is there some administrative hold-up? Is there anything actually in process?
It is a worrying situation. Are we suffering a situation where we can't bring people in without shifting people out that we don't want?
We do need a bit more information.
Oh Gazan what makes you think that Crewe Alexandra give a flying frig about the fans they never have done in the past and they are not about to start now. And yes I think we are suffering from Artells abysmal summer recruitment drive and it does seem to be the case of get some out before we get some in. Good look in off loading the ****e he brought to the club in the summer, an ambitious board would have shown him the door by now, oh to have an ambitious board who actually mean what they say. Until the ethos changes at Crewe we will always be a struggling club and it does not have to be this way, but while the Crewe fan base are happy to except less than rank mediocrity it will be ever thus.