League 2 General Chat Thread

[FGR-Star]

FGR's outstanding candidate for Player of Year is Matty Stevens.
Alas he is out of football for next 12 months with an ACL.
One wonders if another FGR player will win award in a month's time when the poll is opened.
Some years ago Ethan Pinnock [now playing in Premiership with Brentford] was also the outstanding candidate for same award and like Matty was injured at time of poll and sadly failed to win it.
Supporters, it seems, have short memories.

12 months??

Where did you hear that?

 

[valefan16]

12 months??

Where did you hear that?

ACL generally is 12 months isn't it? Pretty much the worst thing you can do as a footballer, broken legs often recover quicker.

 

[Roger Stone]

ACL generally is 12 months isn't it? Pretty much the worst thing you can do as a footballer, broken legs often recover quicker.

Courtney Senior hasn't kicked a ball for us, did his ACL on 28 July. Back in training but doubtful he will make an appearance this season.

 

[FGR-Star]

ACL generally is 12 months isn't it? Pretty much the worst thing you can do as a footballer, broken legs often recover quicker.

I think it very much varies and depends on the severity of the damage surely??

 

[Trapdoor]

I think it very much varies and depends on the severity of the damage surely??

Can be as quick as 9 months in some cases.

 

[Casey]

Crawley's twitter feed has said our owner (Ziya Eren) is in negotiations to sell the club.

There seems to be a couple of Americans involved...Two and two make five...wasn't there a couple of yanks involved in negotiations to take over Bradford who were going to use bitcoin and nft's to fund the running of the club?

Worrying times. We have had our fair share of "differently educated" people owning the club over the years. Not so long ago the club have were being bankrolled – and almost destroyed – by an undischarged bankrupt and his brother (the latter a man who ended up serving a custodial sentence for tax fraud, adding another for sending a doppelganger to carry out community service on his behalf). Another who decided he would keep secret his involvement in the club which led to all sorts of rumours about his name, location and earning stream (my favourite unsubstantiated rumour being the table tennis tournaments in Bangkok ).

We have been lucky with Ziya Eren, especially with the funding during covid pandemic. Will we be as lucky next time?

Casey

 

[Chris FGR]

Tom Pope voicing some more interesting opinions. I get what he’s saying but the issue for me is that the vast majority of kids won’t make it, so is it worth the higher dementia risk for them to head the ball a lot?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511788495467122690

 

[Bottega Don]

Tom Pope voicing some more interesting opinions. I get what he’s saying but the issue for me is that the vast majority of kids won’t make it, so is it worth the higher dementia risk for them to head the ball a lot?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511788495467122690

Tom Pope is living proof that heading the ball causes brain damage

 

[kieran_vale]

I can’t claim to know enough about the subject and if there is a link between the two but if he did have dementia at 70 there’s a good chance he wouldn’t remember those 5 champs league titles.

Pope unfortunately a lot of the time these days is nothing more than a poor man’s Matt Le Tissier on Twitter so it’s on brand for him at least.

 

[chipmunx]

Tom Pope is living proof that heading the ball causes brain damage

He was alright back in 2006 when he was on loan at Barrow - but that was early in his career and obviously he's headed the ball a million times since then.....

 

[kieran_vale]

Looks like Crawleys takeover has been completed then. Casey thoughts on it? Seems from the statement at first glance they seem the usual bullshitters you get but who knows. Hope it works for Crawley.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512067682908073987

 

[valefan16]

Looks like Crawleys takeover has been completed then. Casey thoughts on it? Seems from the statement at first glance they seem the usual bullshitters you get but who knows. Hope it works for Crawley.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512067682908073987

Same guys sniffing around Bradford wasnt it? Huge gamble.

 

[valefan16]

I can’t claim to know enough about the subject and if there is a link between the two but if he did have dementia at 70 there’s a good chance he wouldn’t remember those 5 champs league titles.

Pope unfortunately a lot of the time these days is nothing more than a poor man’s Matt Le Tissier on Twitter so it’s on brand for him at least.

ITs a difficult one, he is right the balls now are far lighter than the rocks they used to head in the 60s,70s that are catching up with players getting dementia now and if kids don't head the ball then it will slowly kill heading out the game as players wont be as good at it.

That said kids these days are taught to play Man City style and not tackle or put the ball in the air anyway!

Matt Le Tissier is on another level to even Popey!

 

[LS Bantam]

Same guys sniffing around Bradford wasnt it? Huge gamble.

That’s right, in hindsight I’m glad we’re not ‘the gamble’ even if it turns out to be a winner, the possibility of it failing would’ve finished us.

 

[devilofajob]

Looks like Crawleys takeover has been completed then. Casey thoughts on it? Seems from the statement at first glance they seem the usual bullshitters you get but who knows. Hope it works for Crawley.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512067682908073987

I suppose it depends who you believe on WAGMI.
We don't own our ground, so not sure what plans they'll have there?
We'll either be Championship in 2026-7, or applying to county league as AFC Crawley!

It will also be interesting how many Yems' post match interviews they'll put up with.

 

[dedwardp]

ACL generally is 12 months isn't it? Pretty much the worst thing you can do as a footballer, broken legs often recover quicker.

Brennan Dickenson was out for about nine, nine-and-a-half months for us when he did his... which was around this time of year too actually. So a return in February perhaps, at a push.

 

[The Terminator]

Can’t wait for John Yems to start advertising NFTs from Crawley High Street, before ending up like Butters did in the South Park pandemic special.

 

[Casey]

Anyone excited by our takeover? Didn't think so.

I dont get NFTs (digital photos online that you can own and nobody else can use). Bitcoin and the block chain it's based on is just another currency based on trust (like most currencies these days) not sure how you make money on it other than speculating on price movements.

Until such time as I win the lottery there ain't much I can do either way but anytime I hear phrases such as "reimagine how we do things" and " Shake up the status quo" I start preparing for a redundancy letter.

I am now going to scape my fingers down a blackboard every time they use the term 'soccer'

Casey

 

[Kauto Star]

Anyone excited by our takeover? Didn't think so.

I dont get NFTs (digital photos online that you can own and nobody else can use). Bitcoin and the block chain it's based on is just another currency based on trust (like most currencies these days) not sure how you make money on it other than speculating on price movements.

Until such time as I win the lottery there ain't much I can do either way but anytime I hear phrases such as "reimagine how we do things" and " Shake up the status quo" I start preparing for a redundancy letter.

I am now going to scape my fingers down a blackboard every time they use the term 'soccer'



Casey

I'm glad it wasn't us, that's for sure. Too experimental for my liking this method of funding a football club

It will still be interesting to see how it goes from afar though

 

[DippyDon]

I'm listening to the podcast with these new Crawley owners and I'm really fearing for Crawley. Maybe it will work out but as of right now they sound like absolute clowns that have no clue about how football actually works.

 

[Casey]

I hitbthe like button but really I don't like it. I agree. I just don't like it!

I agree with Kuato Star. It would be interesting to watch from a distance.

Casey

 

[chipmunx]

I'm listening to the podcast with these new Crawley owners and I'm really fearing for Crawley. Maybe it will work out but as of right now they sound like absolute clowns that have no clue about how football actually works.

Hopefully it goes disastrously wrong for Crawley on Saturday then gets better - but seriously new owners are usually a worry (unless you're Wrexham) and most sensible fans reaction to new owners would be hope for the best but fear for the worst - it usually ends up in the middle somewhere....

 

[denzel ecfc]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512144731530268679

 

[EricSabin]

I'm listening to the podcast with these new Crawley owners and I'm really fearing for Crawley. Maybe it will work out but as of right now they sound like absolute clowns that have no clue about how football actually works.

Same they’re absolutely miles off it aren’t they.

 

[Chief Rocka]

NFT’s are a scam, it’s a modern day pyramid scheme, there’s a very small number of people who make money out of it (most likely these lot) and the overwhelming majority of dummies who want to make money end up losing it.

This is gonna end in tears.

 

[Essex2Wessex]

Can't wait for the Steve Evans NFT, and Yems becoming a cult hero among Californian and Far Eastern TechBros.

Seriously, if I were a Crawley Fan, I'd be a bit worried. Not necessarily very, but a bit. I can see ways they could possibly make it work, on their own terms to some extent, if they were to splash the cash, go up a league or two, and maybe attract a large and online and international fanbase alongside the actual real Crawley fans near Crawley (and not piss the latter off too much as a result of the extent of their incomprehension about English "soccer" culture). Or it could go all tits-up.

I suppose our experience with Dale Vince might be a parallel one, in some ways - certainly in terms of attracting a more geographically scattered fanbase attracted by something other than football itself, without (mostly) annoying the locals or long standing fans too much. But at least Dale had a pre-existing connection with the Stroud valleys. But....even without that there's no reason why it couldn't work.

(Haven't listened to the podcast yet, so may change my mind once I've done so)

Good luck Crawley, hope it does work out. It does seem a 21st century experiment, and a risky one, and in a way it's unfair for a preexisting club to be picked out for it, but such is the English Fit Ownership model I suppose. Just wait till they find out you are the original Red Devils

 

[kieran_vale]

Would have loved to see the look on Yems face when they first tried explaining NFT’s to him if nothing else.

Having given that podcast a listen have to agree there wouldn’t be much there to dissuade me from thinking this is not going to end well. Really hope am wrong for the Crawley fans sake but am glad it’s not my club.

 

[northstandexile]

Do these guys know that the council own the ground.

Normally these ‘investors’ just want to get the hands on the land the ground is on.

Giving £10k to the community trust look like it is a bit of a bribe.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

NFT’s are a scam, it’s a modern day pyramid scheme, there’s a very small number of people who make money out of it (most likely these lot) and the overwhelming majority of dummies who want to make money end up losing it.

This is gonna end in tears.

John Terry is involved in NFTs - that's all anyone needs to know. And it looks like it's already gone tits up for him.

 

[The Evil Dead]

Would have loved to see the look on Yems face when they first tried explaining NFT’s to him if nothing else.

Having given that podcast a listen have to agree there wouldn’t be much there to dissuade me from thinking this is not going to end well. Really hope am wrong for the Crawley fans sake but am glad it’s not my club.

Fuck this, I'm off to Wetherstone's.