French ligue 2 hardly any stronger than Dutch L2? Really?...
That's what I thought. French football has a pretty decent top 3 tiers, not far behind ours. Probably about 60% of dutch top division would struggle in this division...........
Even if we do sign Delort, he hits 20 goals in the season and moves on to Liege we would likely have had a good season for having a 20+ goals striker on the books and possibly achieve promotion meaning even better players would be arriving anyway.
And even if he did move on to Liege after a 20+ goal season we would still have reaped the benefits and would still be better than the alternative of last season scrapping around for Church and Sordell three days before our first game of the season, would you really want to go back to those days?
French ligue 2 hardly any stronger than Dutch L2? Really?...
That's what I thought. French football has a pretty decent top 3 tiers, not far behind ours. Probably about 60% of dutch top division would struggle in this division...........
Well based on what I read on both Tours and Lens fora today, they certainly see our second tier as far stronger than theirs, and that is clearly true financially. If you take Tours, their first game of this season was watched by 4,881 and the stadium looks 80% uncovered. I doubt they get much TV money either.
But that's nothing compared to Luzenac. As this article relates, they got promoted to Ligue 2 despite being a Pyreneean village with a population of 650. Interesting story developing there.
Having said that I was talking to a Dutch guy on holiday about Polish Pete. He'd never heard of him, and when I mentioned he came from de Graafschap, he said "well you are talking semi-amateur level then".
So it would be safe to conclude that Championship is a big step up from both Ligue 2 and Dutch L2.
The lack of action on this thread has meant I find myself commenting on the topic 'nitrous oxide' and debating whether or not I want to open the 'Does Big Bob live locally' thread.
I haven't done it yet, but if I don't see some smidgen of a tweet or an update soon, I may have to.
The lack of action on this thread has meant I find myself commenting on the topic 'nitrous oxide' and debating whether or not I want to open the 'Does Big Bob live locally' thread.
I haven't done it yet, but if I don't see some smidgen of a tweet or an update soon, I may have to.
French ligue 2 hardly any stronger than Dutch L2? Really?...
That's what I thought. French football has a pretty decent top 3 tiers, not far behind ours. Probably about 60% of dutch top division would struggle in this division...........
More Ligue 1 teams would be OK in the Championship, I agree. However the assertion that Ligue 2 is not far behind the Championship is well out. Most of those teams would get relegated, mostly because they are used to successfully defending a one goal lead against teams that don't believe they can get back into the match. They'd get a shock in the Championship for other reasons too.
Still think he is going to come to us, hopefully by the end of the week. He seems set on CAFC and i reckon RD will have it sorted in the next few days. Just seems like to me the Tours president is trying to muck us about and RD aint having it
Still think he is going to come to us, hopefully by the end of the week. He seems set on CAFC and i reckon RD will have it sorted in the next few days. Just seems like to me the Tours president is trying to muck us about and RD aint having it
But are we sure its not our RD who is mucking Tours president about
Ohhhhhhh look at Paulie the difference is I said us you in your condescending tone was quite dismissive of another team
condescending tone how on earth can you say that from a written comment
my point was if you could play first team football for a team in Europe or a mid table prem team you would pick the team in Europe its not condescending its obvious
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And even if he did move on to Liege after a 20+ goal season we would still have reaped the benefits and would still be better than the alternative of last season scrapping around for Church and Sordell three days before our first game of the season, would you really want to go back to those days?
But that's nothing compared to Luzenac. As this article relates, they got promoted to Ligue 2 despite being a Pyreneean village with a population of 650. Interesting story developing there.
Having said that I was talking to a Dutch guy on holiday about Polish Pete. He'd never heard of him, and when I mentioned he came from de Graafschap, he said "well you are talking semi-amateur level then".
So it would be safe to conclude that Championship is a big step up from both Ligue 2 and Dutch L2.
It's either a done deal and we will find out in due course, or he has agreed to sign and it's down to the two clubs to iron out what is left.
I haven't done it yet, but if I don't see some smidgen of a tweet or an update soon, I may have to.
Get back to your house, your very big house in the country (yeah I buckled and opened the thread)
how on earth can you say that from a written comment
my point was if you could play first team football for a team in Europe or a mid table prem team you would pick the team in Europe its not condescending its obvious