Football League: Discussion

olofinjana NOT GIVEN A SQUAD NUMBER.

(03-08-2011 15:11 )gavlcfc10 Wrote:  olofinjana NOT GIVEN A SQUAD NUMBER.

We want rid, badly and he's injured

As no one seems to have touched on League 2 thus far, I will give my personal guide for the up coming season....

League 2, known as the "kick and rush" league is far from it in this day and age. With the influx of foreign players in the higher divisions and reduction in reserve team football, it means promising young players who are hungry to prove a point are often seen plying there trade. Whether it be players on loan, or released youth players, squads in the lowest tier of the football league often use these youngsters to build a team around more senior members or journey men.... Unless of course you are Crawley Town whose wage bill seemingly has no limits.

Tipped for champions it comes as no surprise then that Creepy Crawley are the bookies favourites. With a wage bill fit for the Championship and scum bag manager Fatty McCheat (AKA Steve Evans whose crimes to football are as big as the wage budget) in charge, Creepy look to repeat last seasons success of buying the league.
Adding to an already strong squad including Matt Tubbs last seasons top scorer (37 in 41 games) Creepy have managed to persuade John Akinde (Bristol City) Scott Davies (Reading) and Hope Akpan (Everton) amongst other players to join, fending off interest from established League 1 teams.

Looking to compete for top spot will be Bristol Rovers who have installed Paul Buckle in charge, who took Torquay to the play off's last season. Bristol Rovers have a strong squad and also decent financial clout in the transfer market, so even though they can't compete financially with Creepy, they will understandably be the biggest contenders.

Oxford are another of the teams tipped for the automatic places this season. Bringing in a good number of decent players and with a highly rated young manager in charge, optimism is high. Having been back in the football league for a couple of season, Oxford will be looking for glory days once more.

Swindon will be another team to watch this season with novice manager Paulo Di Canio at helm. Di Canio's first job is to get Swindon promoted after their relegation last season, and several deals have been completed already to help. Along with Swindon as last season's relegated teams are Plymouth. Although money problems have thwarted their ambitions some what, I still expect Peter Reids Plymouth to give it a good go, although play-offs will be the best they can hope for at a push.

Other certain play-off contenders will be Gillingham, Port Vale, Shrewsbury, Dagenham, Northampton and Rotherham (providing they can keep hold of Adam Le Fondre, consistent 20+ goals a season) . All these teams are no strangers to fighting for play-off places and all posess strong squads.

Bradford, undoubtedly seen as the leagues sleeping giant, will certainly be wanting to be play-off contenders along with Torquay who had a more then impressive season last year, although were unfortunate to lose manager Paul Buckle to Bristol Roves.
Also pushing for the play-off / mid-table place will be Aldershot Town looking to improve on last season with manager Dean Holdsworth in his first full season in charge.

Crewe will be another team with a point to prove with Dario Gradi once more looking to work his magic.

Making up the rest of the league will be last season BSP play-off winners AFC Wimbledon. Manager Terry Brown has lost their star layer Danny Kedwell to Gillingham and will be a tough player to replace, but hopes are high for the newly formed club.
Last seasons other play-off losers Accrington along with Hereford, Southend and Macclesfield I feel will be filling the spaces between mid table and relegation, while unfortunately I see Burton , Barnet, Cheltenham and Morecombe fighting it out for relegation.

Oh god poor old Eagle Si, you a Crystal Palace season ticket holder or go to games regulary?

If so just seen you have signed Ryan McGivern on loan from Man City, we had him at Leicester and he was one of the shittest players I have ever seen in a Leicester shirt. Has been some bad one's but out of the left-backs, McGivern was truly terrible.

If you go to Selhurst Park, enjoy watching

Looking forward to seeing AFC Wimbledon back where they belong, hopefully in two years they'd have swapped positions with Mk dons, well if I'm been honest I hope MK go out of business

(03-08-2011 18:17 )gazfc Wrote:  Looking forward to seeing AFC Wimbledon back where they belong, hopefully in two years they'd have swapped positions with Mk dons, well if I'm been honest I hope MK go out of business

I don't have an axe to grind with MK Dons, however I do hope AFC Wimbledon do well. The club is built by it's fans, for the fans. It is built on Trust Principles from Supporters Direct instead of business men with no interest in football bankrolling teams or treating clubs as a toy.

They have had to start from the bottom and they have worked hard to get where they are. Plus Sir Terrance Of Brownshire is a top bloke and decent manager and I'm really pleased he finally got his shot in the football league.

One more day until it all kicks off.

What do you think will be the outcome of the first league match between Blackpool v Hull?

Two closely matched sides, or will Blackpool with their attacking play prove to be too much for Hull?

Can't wait seeing the adverts creates some unbelievable buzz

2-1 Hull

Well I'm obviously biased but 4-0 to us


YOU HULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Yup, REAL football starts this weekend.... And it certainly ain't at Wembley!