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I'll stick up for you @borderlescott (lord knows I backed you enough times in the past).

I'm with you in that it does feel like a poorer division this time around, the congestion in and around the play offs seems to make that point. Apart from the top two the rest are very much, much of a muchness as they say, with a lot depending on which side turns up on the day or gets a refereeing break.

I also understand the (madness) or reasoning for watching league two, I've done it myself when one has been available when city have been without a game on one of the many recent Saturdays or even when teams are playing catch up midweek, there is always a league two game to watch.

For me it's more relevant, I watch premier League footy yes but only with a passing interest. I'd probably take a big game over league two, but if a Tuesday night arose with palace v Everton on one side or Northampton v barrow on the other, I'm taking the cobblers game every time.

Don't have a dislike for the premier League, but it's definitely league two for me, even more so when I have a dog in that particular race

 

I think this division is full of largely well-run, competent (small) clubs that have been out-competing much larger sides like Stockport, Wrexham, Chesterfield, Notts County, Southend, Oldham and Scunthorpe.

When we claim they're all crap, but we just sound like a bunch of beat dogs yelping at an empty dinner bowl.

 

Likewise the other way round. Rochdale looked half decent against us but are intact absolutely awful.

 

There was a great opinion piece in The Guardian a couple of weeks ago from a WSC writer which perfectly summed up my feelings about the football I've seen this season. We're too good to risk squandering our advantage by resorting to "traditional" L2 type tactics and risk losing but we're not good enough to beat teams who just want to avoid being beaten so we've ended up being stuck in a terrible cycle of boredom.

Well worth a quick read:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/when-saturday-comes-blog/2023/jan/18/lower-league-football-premier-league-pyramid