League 2 General Chat Thread

[Bone Idle]

Aren’t we restricted to only signing players who have no club - even if they may be available on a free?

Podge has a year left on his contract! so we will probably be looking for a small fee, i see the grimsby fans on twitter are creaming their tighty whities over the possibility of him going back there but what we have heard is his prefered destination is northampton who are also interested but that could change if wrexham offer him stupid money to go there, whatever he chooses to do i wish him all the best he has been a model of proffesionalism during his time with us and has given us some great memories.
Also dom telford is another player flynny has frozen out and is prepared to let go, if anyone wants him i would drive him there myself,

 

[Robshep]

Should have said I haven't seen any suggestion we won't be able to use the pitch on 4 Sep, it's just that it's the next scheduled EFL game after the pitch will be ready. News about progress comes via our landlord the WRU, but all indications are it has gone fine.

If we win at Ipswich tonight and get a home draw, presumably we'll play that before Orient.

If the pitch that Newport are getting is the same as the one at Prenton Park you should get a preview on the 21st. Not a mudbath any more.

 

[Robshep]

Podge has a year left on his contract! so we will probably be looking for a small fee, i see the grimsby fans on twitter are creaming their tighty whities over the possibility of him going back there but what we have heard is his prefered destination is northampton who are also interested but that could change if wrexham offer him stupid money to go there, whatever he chooses to do i wish him all the best he has been a model of proffesionalism during his time with us and has given us some great memories.
Also dom telford is another player flynny has frozen out and is prepared to let go, if anyone wants him i would drive him there myself,

I hope he doesn't decide to try his luck in Azerbaijan then. That could be tricky.

 

[Bone Idle]

I hope he doesn't decide to try his luck in Azerbaijan then. That could be tricky.

In that case i would pay the airfare and it would be cheaper than the diesel.

 

[Robshep]

In that case i would pay the airfare and it would be cheaper than the diesel.

I am getting the impression he is not your favourite player.

 

[Bone Idle]

If the pitch that Newport are getting is the same as the one at Prenton Park you should get a preview on the 21st. Not a mudbath any more.

I read somewhere that it was the same type of pitch as wembley stadium has.

I am getting the impression he is not your favourite player.

That is correct bud.

 

[Uncle Pastuzo]

I'm guessing our pitch will be better than Tranmere's - and it needs to be because of the rugby - or their works would have been as drastic as ours and taken as long.

The big question is what happens over the third team using it, the original Newport RFC who didn't play at all last season. Without going too far into rugby stuff, they have guaranteed tenure but can't begin to pay their way. It's assumed efforts are under way to ease them out - why would the WRU spend a fortune on the pitch and have it ruined by a team playing in front of a couple of hundred? - but no news yet.

 

[Robshep]

I'm guessing our pitch will be better than Tranmere's - and it needs to be because of the rugby - or their works would have been as drastic as ours and taken as long.

The big question is what happens over the third team using it, the original Newport RFC who didn't play at all last season. Without going too far into rugby stuff, they have guaranteed tenure but can't begin to pay their way. It's assumed efforts are under way to ease them out - why would the WRU spend a fortune on the pitch and have it ruined by a team playing in front of a couple of hundred? - but no news yet.

Our pitch was done by the same company that did the Man City and PSG pitches amongst others. The reason it was quick was because it was done during the 1st lockdown and they didn't have any other jobs going at the time. Concentration of labour. Think we got a discounted price. We also have to tolerate Liverpool womens team playing on it. Money talks.

 

[Uncle Pastuzo]

I'm not sure ours could have been done any more quickly. We ceded the right to play the second playoff leg at home and they started stripping it immediately after we beat FGR in the first leg.

 

[Robshep]

I'm not sure ours could have been done any more quickly. We ceded the right to play the second playoff leg at home and they started stripping it immediately after we beat FGR in the first leg.

Ours was replaced because all of the drainage had collapsed and water had nowhere to go. Yours was mainly due to having rugby players gouging furrows in it at scrums and all the other stuff that goes on. Do you have long term plans to find a ground that you do not have to share with a sport that isn't ever going to be good for the pitch.

 

[F!RTHY]

I have a weird feeling our game at the weekend is gonna be called off, too. This is based on absolutely nothing, other than a gut feeling.

I’ll be fucking gutted!

 

[Uncle Pastuzo]

No, there's no reason why with a good enough pitch - this one is apparently a big upgrade on the hybrid it replaces, with twice the projected lifespan - we can't share with the Dragons. The location must be one of the best in the country for public transport and town centre access. The level of the investment in the pitch in itself suggests we are there for the long haul.

This would put us on the same footing as Brentford, Bristol City, Coventry, Hull, Wigan and Rochdale. OK the last three are RL rather than union, but when do those pitches ever get a rest?

The problem is less the rugby per se than the amount of it. Last season rather than take advantage of Newport RFC being mothballed to protect the pitch, the Dragons let Cardiff Blues play a number of games at Rodney Parade when their ground was being used by the NHS, at exactly the worst time of year for it

 

[Bottega Don]

When you consider the amount of injuries you have had, possibly time to start thinking about what your sports science/strength and conditioning coaches are doing surely?

That is obviously part of it in terms of training injuries but these two were just terrible luck. There's little medical staff can do when our keeper gets injured because Swindon's RB doesn't pull out of a loose ball early enough and catches him.

 

[Trapdoor]

We signed podge. I guess we are paying all his (high?) wages. I'm happy with that, will be a useful squad member for us with plenty of experience.

 

[denzel ecfc]

We may be doing a Harrogate. Three players with Covid, including Nombe and Key, we are speaking to the EFL tomorrow

 

[Monkey Tennis]

In our programme notes, the chairman has said we've increased our playing budget by 25% (it was the 11th biggest in the division last year) and it's 40% higher than what Mark Cooper had at Forest Green!

 

[Casey]

In our programme notes, the chairman has said we've increased our playing budget by 25% (it was the 11th biggest in the division last year) and it's 40% higher than what Mark Cooper had at Forest Green!

Jammy bugger. We had an interview on Friday where we were told we had the lowest or maybe second lowest in the division.

Yems said "It is what it is and we just have to get on with it"

We are spending a fortune putting up a scoreboard which is said to be similar to the one at Colchester. Because that's important...!

Casey

 

[Chris FGR]

In our programme notes, the chairman has said we've increased our playing budget by 25% (it was the 11th biggest in the division last year) and it's 40% higher than what Mark Cooper had at Forest Green!

So you’re budget was 15% higher then ours last season? Surprised at that tbh.

We’ve since lost 3 of our highest earners as well and only made 1 signing with EFL experience. So presumably we must have a bottom half budget this season.

 

[The Jovial Forester]

In our programme notes, the chairman has said we've increased our playing budget by 25% (it was the 11th biggest in the division last year) and it's 40% higher than what Mark Cooper had at Forest Green!

Sounds plausible, we really haven't been the same moneybags on the playing side since we got in the EFL from what I've read, hence the younger signings for the most part.

 

[Chris FGR]

I thought we overachieved for most of last season given our squad so Cooper deserves credit for that especially if those figures are right.

Be a big ask for an inexperienced manager like Edwards to get us up there in his first season, he’s made a pretty good start mind.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

So you’re budget was 15% higher then ours last season? Surprised at that tbh.

We’ve since lost 3 of our highest earners as well and only made 1 signing with EFL experience. So presumably we must have a bottom half budget this season.

Not sure those exact maths add up, but yes, our budget was bigger than yours last season.

A lot of it was spent on signing a bunch of new players for Dunn, and then for Jolley, and then having about 30 players in the squad for what was left of the season, so it was more a case of chucking more money at it to try and keep us up (but the aim was definitely top half last season).

It's obvious that's one of the reasons Cooper came here - bigger budget being spent on fewer players. So far I imagine we've got a lot of that in hand at the moment, as the new players don't seem like they'd be paid significantly more than last year's - perhaps a January recruitment push to sneak into the play-offs!

Nah, we'll be mid-table.

 

[Bone Idle]

Seeing as our efl cup game against southampton has virtually been confirmed will be played at dave that means our first league game at home will be orient in early september as expected.

 

[Conker]

Barrow managerial budget was bigger than FGR playing budget last season.

 

[dedwardp]

Club's Plan | SALFORD CITY FC.UK

Salford City FC have started a consultation period on the proposed move from Moor Lane to the currently named AJ Bell stadium, used by the Salford Red Devils.

www.salfordcityfc.uk

Salford looking to move to the AJ Bell Stadium.

 

[denzel ecfc]

Club's Plan | SALFORD CITY FC.UK

Salford City FC have started a consultation period on the proposed move from Moor Lane to the currently named AJ Bell stadium, used by the Salford Red Devils.

www.salfordcityfc.uk

Salford looking to move to the AJ Bell Stadium.

How incredibly odd that this is on the unofficial site, with nothing on the official website.
Or maybe not.

 

[Bottega Don]

Salford's ground might be the worst located ground in the FL, no matter where they move it will be better.

 

[saddler78]

Club's Plan | SALFORD CITY FC.UK

Salford City FC have started a consultation period on the proposed move from Moor Lane to the currently named AJ Bell stadium, used by the Salford Red Devils.

www.salfordcityfc.uk

Salford looking to move to the AJ Bell Stadium.

12000 they struggle to get 2000 home fans in now

 

[The Terminator]

AJ Bell Stadium IMO is in a much worse location. Although it has a bigger capacity and probably offers better facilities.

Moor Lane will probably cost too much to redevelope into something bigger now, seeing as they've already smashed it down once already!

 

[Indian Dan]

Club's Plan | SALFORD CITY FC.UK

Salford City FC have started a consultation period on the proposed move from Moor Lane to the currently named AJ Bell stadium, used by the Salford Red Devils.

www.salfordcityfc.uk

Salford looking to move to the AJ Bell Stadium.

They’ll have to rename it the AJ Bellend Stadium

 

[Robshep]

They’ll have to rename it the AJ Bellend Stadium

Was going to post similar but glad i was beaten to it.