I didn't think there had been that many to be honest. We've had players go to sides there, but didn't that many actually played PL games. There's been 5 that I can think of that have gone to and played in the SPL though

One of Buckley's first mistakes on taking over from Silent Joe as interim CEO was selling Rudoni so cheaply to Huddersfield and getting that non-goalscoring giraffe as a make weight in return. It was obvious from the Arsenal game, where he was our only player that looked comfortable at that level, that he would go on to bigger and better things. £800k for a player that scores in the Premier League is daylight robbery. 10 times that amount would still be derisory in hindsight and that would have paid off most of our debt.

What a journey the young man has been on!

Ahh I see - didn’t spot the academy part, so that makes sense. And yes, surely our best, yet only good enough in 2019 for a loan spell at Corinthian Casuals (glad I saw him play there, it was quite something…).

I think I was “concerned” because I’ve asked previously about academy products who have played in the Premier League and there have been quite a few - or at least more than I may have expected. So good to see that Rudi is the first goalscorer. Feel like he has to be the best quality player our academy has produced - possibly without question?

And he is as none of the others were from our academy. Thought Patrick Roberts might have done, but he didn't.

What a terrible cup draw. I've been to Crewe loads of times, it will not be much of a crowd, a game eminently losable and it will be raining. The last time I went there we drew 1-1 in January last year. I think Neufville equalised for us just before HT in a game we should have won comfortably.

Probably for wildlife pathways as someone else suggested. Many more summers like this one and I suppose they could double as firebreaks!

The question was is Rudoni the first AFCW academy product to score in the Premier League.

There have been two players who had loans with us also to have scored in the PL after their loan (Ajayi and McAteer) and there were 4 who scored in it before they played for us (either on loan (Sorensen and Euell), or permanently (David Connolly and Gayle))

Don’t suppose you know anything about canal tow path hedgerow channels?

Airsy - what about Marcus Gayle?

Thank you Airsy!

The answer to last week's question about Rudoni being the first AFC player to score in the PL is yes.

RUDONNNNNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIII

Rudoni scores again

Crewe have been on the fringes of L2 promotion for yonks it seems

OI-I was but most of the meat heads involved will now be almost as old as you

Decent away trip to Crewe. Certainly not a match we can afford to take for granted. Only problem I have with it is the last time I was there was *that* Sam Cosgrove goal followed by *THAT* Sam Cosgrove back pass.

New innovation this year… all ties that are level after 90 minutes mean that the captains play rock/paper/scissors in the centre circle to decide the winner

Apparentely no replays, answering my own question cos no other sod will unless i make a typo ;-)

30th April 1983 CW, surely you were there.

Port Vale home to Scunthorpe, why does that make a difference?

Let's hope Port Vale are playing at the same time.

Crewe unbeaten in Div 2 so far this season. Easy rail journey.