League 1 General Chat Thread

[Super_horns]

Naughty of Sky to mess fans around like this .

Burton Albion Fixture Rescheduled

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[denzel ecfc]

Naughty of Sky to mess fans around like this .

Burton Albion Fixture Rescheduled

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Disgraceful

 

[YEO YEO YEO]

To be fair there will be more fans there on a Saturday to watch. What a bizarre game to pick for TV.

 

[denzel ecfc]

To be fair there will be more fans there on a Saturday to watch. What a bizarre game to pick for TV.

They picked Shrewsbury vs Us for a Thursday!

 

[masi51]

We won't make a loss, we can't. Which will mean us being in the bottom three or four for budgets for quite a while (at least until we get relegated). Depressing stuff

How much are you due if Watkins goes for say 70m

 

[dannylad01]

They picked Shrewsbury vs Us for a Thursday!

I think it's the law that we can't play you on a Saturday. Still time for the game at your place to be moved!

 

[denzel ecfc]

How much are you due if Watkins goes for say 70m

Couple of million i think, but i dont think he will go now Duran has gone

 

[Casey]

Crawley had a fans forum tonight. In light of the losses spoken about above our chairman said we lose about £2 million a year. He didn't go into detail, it may be an operating loss and then transfer fees reduce it but I can't see anyone sustaining that for long.

He went on to say our model of buying overlooked young players and selling them on is the only way we can survive. I do agree but you need to get some physicality too and we have overlooked that part of the data model.

The rest of the forum was yawn inspiring.

Casey

 

[masi51]

Casey .....What are your expectations really???
If i supported Crawley it would be just to stay in the football league period. If you can grow your fanbase and infrastructure year upon year.. See less Chelsea, Arsenal tops worn in your town year upon year i would call that success....Being in lge 1 is not good for teams like Crawley. You cannot sell 15 players like you did this season.
It was a one-off. Teams looked at Crawley players last Summer and thought they could plunder your better players they paid fees for those players. This coming Summer i doubt you will be getting said fees for your players.

 

[chief]

Pictures of the design for the new Kop have been published, due to be complete for summer '26.

 

[EnglishRed]

The design is causing some debates and definitely seems a bit marmite but I love it. Distinctive, with strong local connection, and the actual stand itself pitchside looks great. And being capable of increasing in capacity is important too. Fingers crossed this one actually goes ahead!

 

[masi51]

Big stadium sponsorship incoming from lego

 

[BRFC_Gas]

Big stadium sponsorship incoming from lego

But how many can you shove up your bum?

 

[denzel ecfc]

Reminds me of the stand at Woking lol

 

[EnglishRed]

Reminds me of the stand at Woking lol

I was going to take umbrage at that, but I can see what you mean- from the pitch side.

It's not quite as bad because our other stands are bigger than Workings. Their big stand is a bit out of scale of the others.

 

[Master D]

I do like it the more I look at it but I won't be moving from my seat in the Yale Stand. Been in there ever since the Kop closed and I'm not for moving now.

Reminds me of the stand at Woking lol

I can't unsee that now. Fuck.

 

[denzel ecfc]

Their big stand is a bit out of scale of the others.

And yours isn't? Might need a more holistic view then

 

[Pilot_Phonic]

And yours isn't? Might need a more holistic view then

Walk before we can run.

I noticed the tunnel is moving as well (the dugouts are moving to the other side of the pitch come the end of the season) So I'd imagine the Yale where the away fans are staying for now will be the stand that gets a lot of TLC once the kop is built and the training ground sorted.

 

[BRFC_Gas]

If Stevie Wonder designed stands....

(Ps I know our new one is tinpot)

 

[EnglishRed]

And yours isn't? Might need a more holistic view then

Hold on....Have you seen your stadium? I'm not sure you're in a position to take the piss.

This is what Wokings stadium looks like

Nice little ground but it has one big stand and three runs of cowsheds. We will at least have three normal sized stands on the other sides of the ground. They are due for upgrades too at some point.

 

[Conker]

The stand does look impressive but will give that lopsided feel you get at Walsall, Stockport, Woking, Tranmere (and Mansfield but from the side )


A stand behind the net with that capacity will look good and imposing still.

 

[denzel ecfc]

Hold on....Have you seen your stadium? I'm not sure you're in a position to take the piss.

This is what Wokings stadium looks like View attachment 21523
Nice little ground but it has one big stand and three runs of cowsheds. We will at least have three normal sized stands on the other sides of the ground. They are due for upgrades too at some point.

Nowt wrong with ours.
Debate has been done to death on our boards, can't really improve it without going to some godawful out of town stadium, so we are all right thanks.
Just let us go down the divisions in peace.

 

[EnglishRed]

Nowt wrong with ours.
Debate has been done to death on our boards, can't really improve it without going to some godawful out of town stadium, so we are all right thanks.
Just let us go down the divisions in peace.

One of my fears has always been ending up in a dinky little out of town Subbuteo stadium like Shrewsbury or....even worse....Chester.

 

[Master D]

Considering Luton Town have actually hosted Premier League games with their stadium I think all of ours down here are fine.

 

[ForzaCounty]

View attachment 21521

 

[denzel ecfc]

Considering Luton Town have actually hosted Premier League games with their stadium I think all of ours down here are fine.

It's still bigger than Bournemouth too.

 

[Casey]

Casey .....What are your expectations really???
If i supported Crawley it would be just to stay in the football league period. If you can grow your fanbase and infrastructure year upon year.. See less Chelsea, Arsenal tops worn in your town year upon year i would call that success....Being in lge 1 is not good for teams like Crawley. You cannot sell 15 players like you did this season.
It was a one-off. Teams looked at Crawley players last Summer and thought they could plunder your better players they paid fees for those players. This coming Summer i doubt you will be getting said fees for your players.

I honestly don't have expectations. We haven't got the fan base or funds to sustain a league one club but when you do get promoted having the guts completely ripped out of the squad is very frustrating. I was thinking 5-6 players to be sold not 13. Doomed us to relegation without even trying.

Cest la vie. I've been here for years and I will keep going to the games but a little nous from owners would help

Casey

 

[thewwfc]

We haven't got the fan base or funds to sustain a league one club but when you do get promoted having the guts completely ripped out of the squad is very frustrating. I was thinking 5-6 players to be sold not 13. Doomed us to relegation without even trying.

That is definitely really bad.

I was frustrated the two times that we went up from L2 to L1 and completely failed to strengthen adequately (there were reasons why both times which I won’t bore you with, but still) - and surprise surprise, came straight back down both times.

But it’s even worse if, not only can you not strengthen to the right level, but you have the heart of your promotion squad from the level below gutted.

Of course, any time a smaller club is boosting their resources beyond the natural level of their fanbase (and we are 100% an example of this) then it will eventually catch up with you, football clubs are simply a money pit and there’s no way around that.