npower Football League Thread 2011/12

Trent wrote:So Easley, are you a Spurs fan and a Crawley fan? If so who are your first team?

easley91 wrote:

Trent wrote:So Easley, are you a Spurs fan and a Crawley fan? If so who are your first team?

I am a fan of both yes. Tottenham were always my first team, until this season. I spent every other week at Crawley, wrote for the programme, sold the programme, met the players, Alan Williams knows me and only missed one home game and went to every FA Cup game, including Hull away. So now Crawley are my first team.

Thing is, I only found out in the last year that my dad's family lived and grew up in Tottenham but he chose to be a Chelsea fan to go against his family! Later on in life him, my nan and grandad moved to Crawley and so I have family roots in Tottenham and my hometown club is Crawley. So, I have emotional ties to both which is quite funny and I love it. I've been a season ticket holder at both clubs as well as a club member. So it's not like I've never seen a match for one of them. And I can say I've seen them both at Old Trafford! Both lost and never scored though.

Trent wrote:

easley91 wrote:I am a fan of both yes. Tottenham were always my first team, until this season. I spent every other week at Crawley, wrote for the programme, sold the programme, met the players, Alan Williams knows me and only missed one home game and went to every FA Cup game, including Hull away. So now Crawley are my first team.

Thing is, I only found out in the last year that my dad's family lived and grew up in Tottenham but he chose to be a Chelsea fan to go against his family! Later on in life him, my nan and grandad moved to Crawley and so I have family roots in Tottenham and my hometown club is Crawley. So, I have emotional ties to both which is quite funny and I love it. I've been a season ticket holder at both clubs as well as a club member. So it's not like I've never seen a match for one of them. And I can say I've seen them both at Old Trafford! Both lost and never scored though.

Ah, thanks for beating Hull. Loved making fun of them after they got knocked out of both cups to League 2 sides.

We need to address our GK situation, I haven't seen much of Cronin but he can't be that good. I didn't go to the game on Sautrday but Gough conceded four times, someone who was actually there might be able to give a more informed opinion of him. Bevan isn't a good keeper, he's awful. We certainly need to strengthen here. Poke was good while he was here, I'd like to give him ago properly. As long as we strengthen here I'm not fussed who it is.

The defence is pretty good at the moment. Maybe another RB so Smith can play on the right of the midfield more often, he certainly looks a lot better there than at RB. We'd need to add at least two CBs with Bolger and Parkes returning to Leicester and having signed new deals it would be pretty pointless signing them on loan.
We don't need a quick fix! I'd release Byron, as much as I like him he's not good enough for our promotion push. Virgo hopefully can back in and do his job well.

I'd like to add to our midfield someone in the centre. Gill hasn't cut it, I think he's a good player but not a starter for us. Dorman and Lund will return to Crystal Palace and Stoke respectively and the latter has signed a new deal. I don't think Dorman would settle for us. He said himself he thought we were in league one. Wayne Brown hasn't looked the same for a while now. I'd still like to see him given at least another 6 months to prove himself, again. Stanley to stay on as cover. On the left we'd need to have a decent back-up for Muzzy, or a replacement It's no good playing L.Brown out of position when he's a strong full back. We certainly need to strengthen the right, maybe pushing Smith onto the right and signing someone like Ainsworth. Smith could be cover for both RB and RM (if we sign another defender).

Upfront we need someone to partner Harrold, he's a good striker. I've seen and heard from a few fans about how he encourages route one football. I disagree with that, he's more intelligent than that. He's not just the big forward. We need to get rid of Anyisah. I'm mixed on Zeb, he's shown flashes of brilliance and then he's shown flashes of how dog shite he is. McGleish just doesn't have the pace to play as the little man in the partnership with Harrold. I'd like to see Cureton brought back in, I'm certain he could be the artner Harrold needs. Richards to stay on he's been brilliant this season and adds something different to us.

Harrold wrote:I saw that mentioned in a thread about Bristol City thinking they'd be big in China purely because they wear red.