The state of league 2 next season.

But under the current regime and with the current manager, I have zero confidence in us achieving a top half finish, never mind play offs!

 

Will be as empty as the home end then

 

Didn't carlisle just about sell out the away end last season.

Also Chesterfield will bring a few and I'm looking forward to going there, always enjoyed Fleetwood away aswell .
Also remember queuing through the night for away tickets to Burton in the playoffs , what a great day out that was

 

Potentially in the same league as Altrincham next season. Decent place for a beer.

 

To be fair, I think a similar sentence has been said pretty much every season we've been back in L2. Yet we've had a season where Cheltenham, Cambridge and Morecambe went up, followed by Forest Green, Exeter and Port Vale going up and we always seem to linger in midtable barring last year. This is probably the most pointless league to judge on paper, because most of the squads are a much of a muchness, it's just recruiting those key players to make your squad go up that extra gear.

Away ends will be tougher to see full, but will only ever be sold out if a team is doing well at this level. Like I remember Vale packing those ends one year when they were in the top few, then the next time it was like they all came in on a skateboard. Carlisle similar, usually a few hundred tops, but last season when they had something on they packed it out.

 

Chesterfield and Carlisle and Port Vale will run away with it in my opinion!! They’ve got the financial ambition.

 

I can see Chesterfield and Carlisle being up there. To be honest, the current Chesterfield squad would probably do very well in L2, let alone who they'll add in the summer.

Carlisle, it depends on who they keep to build on as it sounds like a lot will be out the door. Will they be as happy to throw round 6 figure bids in L2? Probably not. Also, their recruitment plan this year just seemed to be, bid for people with some buzz. Like Armstrong, bidding for him after the Wrexham saga went on and on for him so they pipped before the window started, after he scored 1 league goal for Harrogate in 12 apps and again hasn't made a dent in L1. Same with Lewis, great last season, buzz in the summer with Barnsley, throws £200k at us for a keeper who was statistically the worst starting keeper in L2 so far this season and has carried on his form at Carlisle. Like us, I suspect the Yanks up there might be looking to re-shape their recruitment.

Not sure where this Vale worry has come from? Sounds like their current owners aren't selling and the RW thing was shot down in January. Their current owners last week said there would need to be some reshape if they went down but there are finances there. Fleetwood will be in NL within no time from their current state. Finances seem ruined, they just let anyone worth anything leave in Jan to shape up for L2 football and they are an unknown but I wouldn't be confident they would put up a fight next season.

 

They tend to view a trip to Bradford as a day out for the beer and curry (Carlisle), which is why they come in numbers, direct on the Settle Carlisle railway.

 

Of the teams coming down I think Cheltenham will do well as Darrell Clarke has performed a miracle to take over a side with 1 point from 10 games and 0 goals scored to still be within a chance of staying up at this stage of the season. Also already got 2 promotions from this division. With Carlisle they spent money in January but it's got them nowhere, if they don't get off to a good start next season I can see them struggling again as losing is a hard habit to get out of.

 

We cant beat any clubs top or bottom convincingly at the moment so not worries who comes up or down... its going to be a long haul

 

People will sell their kidneys to get the chance to see the return of Harry Lewis. I think the club have missed a trick on the season ticket marketing front - or maybe they are waiting for Carlisle's relegation to be mathematically confirmed.

 

Spin it round and look at what could be if we had done as we should and got promoted
Huddersfield Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham likely dropping out of the championship
At least 2 full houses there would have helped the sustainability no end
But never mind at least we're not Bury !!!!

 

It would be nice just to have a shrewd owner who has a plan for forward progression. I don't think I would be able to cope with the circus like the one that follows Wrexham about. It is boring and detracts from the character of the football club

 

Williams isnt too far behind Reynolds. His net worth is £220m and Reynolds is around £280m.

 

Burton away a cracking day out. Some great pubs! (I used to live there for a few years).