As I said, I reckon Crewe were probably playing both clubs so now they have got the money for the other winger AND got him back on loan, no need to sell the other one.
What time is his move to a championship club being announced?
Stupid way to judge a player
We all know Chuks is better than Bonne but who's the one playing in the championship
But we all know why Chuks isn't.
Why has Maddison had one loan spell in the championship, that by any metric, was an absolute disaster, yet Williams is about to sign for a championship club for the 7th time?
All those managers can't be wrong can they?
7th is a slight exaggeration, but your point is valid. His career has been going backwards though, he can’t get into a League 1 team currently.
Yes 7 is wrong, it would actually be the 8th. That doesn't include Palace.
He can't be going backwards, Bowyer said we improved him
No it will be the 6th time he signs for a different Championship club (not counting Ipswich as he rejoined them in 2014). Ipswich, Forest, MK Dons, Ipswich again, Sunderland and now Cardiff. Played about 65 times in those spells, scoring 3 goals. He's not done particularly well.
Maybe selling Pickering paid Crewe's bills for the season so they didn't need to sell Kirk.
you would have thought though that the Pickering deal would have been ongoing for a few days so why were we confident of getting him this morning? What has changed I wonder.
BUT .. there is an article in the local Crewe paper decrying the consistent booing of Kirk by some Crewe fans last season .. evidently he wasn't tracking back and always shirked a tackle !! .. is he really a Bowyer battler then ?
Can’t see Chuks moving due to his awful injury record and the fact he can’t complete 90 minutes, very risky suppose clubs will take a punt if he becomes a free agent.
Could be like Solly . We keep due to some fragility.
Not saying i'd love that, but I certainly wouldn't be displeased. Especially if he can get his passing right.
As soon as Randall was off the table we should've been onto Kirk if we really wanted him. Ran it to deadline day maybe hoping to get a cheaper price. These small margins will cost us again.
This is the problem with trying to get proper permanent deals done in January. Even the lad Blackburn have signed won’t be leaving Crewe until the summer. It’s a month for sellers, always has been.
If you want perms in this window you have to massively overpay to get them.
Our absolute priority should be getting Shinnie in as a permanent signing so we can play all the loanees IMO. Yeah 'one might be injured always' but if not?
This is the problem with trying to get proper permanent deals done in January. Even the lad Blackburn have signed won’t be leaving Crewe until the summer. It’s a month for sellers, always has been.
If you want perms in this window you have to massively overpay to get them.
Even worse this year what with COVID
Just look at how pathetic the transfer window has been in the Premier League - Likes of Liverpool going after Preston players is perfect example of that
Can see it now- Williams goes before a last minute bid for Chuks that we just couldn’t turn down and we’re left with less than we had at the start of the day. Proper Charlton.
In fact, if the only business we do from here on is to lose Williams but sign Shinnie permanently I'd still say it's a good window and deadline day. But then I think Maddison and Bowyer should be forced to kiss and make up
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From RC tweet it suggested we are not happy and not our choice so don't think so. Might mean we go back for Randall though.
As soon as Randall was off the table we should've been onto Kirk if we really wanted him. Ran it to deadline day maybe hoping to get a cheaper price. These small margins will cost us again.
And no one seems to know when he'll be fit anyway.
If you want perms in this window you have to massively overpay to get them.
Just look at how pathetic the transfer window has been in the Premier League - Likes of Liverpool going after Preston players is perfect example of that
Only takes one no from a party involved to scupper it