goon That's a weird one. He was playing regularly, not sure how we can recall him and then loan him out to a club just a few points ahead in the standings.

But anyway must be for the better

    Azeez has gone to Wigan to work with Kolo and Kevin Betsy at Wigan. Good move for him and hopefully he can get his career back on track after a couple of failed loan moves.

      I’d missed that Betsy had gone there as part of Kolo’s team. Seems if Azeez is going to get a chance anywhere, it’ll be with them pair.

      Ha! He did look very pleased with himself in his promo video for Wigan...

      Who the fuck is Betsy?

      Edit: Never mind. Googled him. Thanks.

      MistaT Just came here to post this one. Seems Norton-Cuffy's getting a proper apprenticeship, he's been in the starting XI and getting 60%+of available minutes this season at Rotherham.

      Curious to see if he gets recalled in summer, could mitigate a few problems if he's moving into "better than Cedric" areas.

        Love Kolo - hopefully he does well.

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          Looks like Okonkwo is also switching clubs midway through his loan - off to Sturm Graz (2nd behind Red Bull Salzburg in Austria), which is a good step up from League Two Crewe. Been getting really positive reviews so far.

            Watched a Wigan game over Xmas break. It was their second 4-1 loss in a matter of days. Good luck to Kolo and Azeez.

            If we integrate Balogun, Patino and Norton-Cuffy over the next 18 months, will be a massive success given how much better the team is now versus when Saka, ESR etc broke through

              Just seen this from a Crewe fan

              "We've lost our on loan keeper Arthur Okonkwo. He's been recalled by Arsenal and sent back out on loan to Austrian club Sturm Graz. Massive loss for us, took him a couple of games to find his feet but after that I don't think I saw a better keeper in this league. I wouldnt like to see how many less points we would have had without him."

                Claudius it’s going to be a lot harder to integrate youth now becasue you can’t really make that sacrifice in the first team, the standards are too high. There’s also no EL games to give them mins. Going to have to utilise the loan system to get them ready first, get these guys into PL sides.

                    goon yep. It really will be about the loan performances for the next ones to make it with us.

                    I expect Patino to be integrated into the squad this summer, see how he does and then maybe get loaned to a Prem club next January, Wilshere style.

                      James His progress currently and style of goalkeeping kinda remind me of Szczesny who had rave reviews like this too

                        Claudius we need to integrate some of them anyway. Patino especially looks a serious talent and its hard to ignore what Flo is doing in France. Not sure Norton-Cuffy is as close as those 2. It'll be interesting to see how we handle them all in the summer.

                          7 days later

                          Asterix Love Kolo - hopefully he does well.

                          He just got sacked. Oh dear.