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.

                  Balogun wins a penalty off Marquinhos, will get scratched off for offside by VAR though.

                  Old Pep would have been out buzzin in the ear of broad in some swanky London bar

                  Balogun gets a goal to get his team a point away at PSG. What a season he is having.

                  Looks a bit taller now. Can’t make up my mind on him. Cool composed finisher but can go through long spells without influencing things

                  By my reckoning he's averaging a goal or assist every 106 mins for Reims. Jesus G/A every 121 mins, Eddie G/A every 138 mins.

                  Output.

                  Should hopefully go a long way to helping us fill up the Bellingham fund.

                  Lol, what's going on in that league? The top 15 scorers all seem to have more goals than matches.

                  Edit: It seems like the "matches" column on the website I checked stopped updating after 13 rounds, while the goal column is up to date. Figures.

                  Balogun goal here - good composure and put his finish at the perfect height.