CC League Two: 08/09 Ante Post

[Punter]

Grant Holt looks a great signing Frodo, i dont know much about Jackson. I'm getting interested in the Shrews now though.

[bromsgrovegreen]

Originally Posted by Kop66

Grant Holt looks a great signing Frodo, i dont know much about Jackson. I'm getting interested in the Shrews now though.

you can still get 20-1 on the bet fred coupon, had a bit of it today in bromsgrove shop

shrews have also signed richard walker tjhe big centre forward from bristol rovers on a season loan as well who has scored goals at this level before

[Punter]

Nice one broms' you've done well to get that Best price online is 14/1

[kompressaur]

Gary Holt is shit Kop. Came from Killie. Done fcuk all and just picked up his cheque. Sounds lie a ginger to me thinking he's got it on the plate. ayr fans call him scab

[rcgills]

Originally Posted by kompressaur

Gary Holt is shit Kop. Came from Killie. Done fcuk all and just picked up his cheque. Sounds lie a ginger to me thinking he's got it on the plate. ayr fans call him scab

Luckily Shrewsbury have signed Grant Holt, not Gary. Any relation?

And you can add me to the list of Shrewsbury backers, took them each way at 16/1 last week. Nothing to add to what the others have already said, decent manager in Paul Simpson, and they're spending plenty on some very handy looking signings.

[ONEDUNME]

Luton deducted 30 points. Hope nobody has backed them.

BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Luton | Luton to face 30-point deduction



Luton Town face the prospect of starting next season on minus 30 points after a ruling by the Football League.
The Hatters had already been deducted 10 points by the Football Association after being found guilty of misconduct for paying agents via a third party.
And Luton Town 2020, the company formed to take over the club, has now been told it must accept a further 20-point deduction to play in League Two. The penalty is because Luton failed to satisfy the League's insolvency rules. <!-- E SF -->

[Tricky]

Yep Gary Holt is crap, shrewsbury done well though to get Grant Holt. He as playing on loan at Blackpool in the championship division at the end of last season. He scored 35 goals in 74 games for Rochdale when he was last in league 2, and him and Richard Walker should score around 40 between them. I wil lhave to see if I can still get on at a Betfred shop.

[Frodo]

The dubious thought for me on Holt and Walker for top scorers is that I don’t see how they complement each other. They’re both big, they’re both proven goalscorers but they’re both relatively selfish have the combined pace of an arthritic snail. Bristol Rovers shipped out <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Walker</st1:place></st1:City> because he was too similar to Richie Lambert and it didn’t work.
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The latest big Shrewsbury move I’m interested in is them letting James Constable go on loan to Oxford for the year, there were a number of unimpressed Shrews about the forums when that one was announced. Makes me wonder if there's one more to come in.

[jbgb007uk]

RIGHT, if you want to bet on Chesterfield this is major news. Darren Currie, the guy with the magic foot, has just signed for the Spireites. With him supplying the ammunition for Jack Lester we surely will go on and get promotion, the defence has been sorted too. Now if we sign a quality keeper I can see us winning the league.

GET IN!!!

[Frodo]

A 3 year deal though for someone who's 33. If what I've read about his wages at Luton is true I'd imagine he'll be on a fair bit.

The guy is a hero at Barnet and I love him, at his peak he was superb, premiership ability, ryman league pace. Though he'll destroy the odd team single handedly I'm wondering if he's past it. On paper in one off games Chesterfield look more than a match for most with Currie and Lester firing on all cylinders. However my fear is whether they can keep them both fit for enough games.

Still, it sets up a cracking first game of the season from my perspective because he'll get a great reception from the Bees fans.

Frighteningly tough to pick a winner at the moment, the league looks very tight. Shrewsbury, Darlo, Lincoln and Bury are the sides currently on my shortlist, though that shortlist seems to change on a weekly basis.

[jbgb007uk]

Ah interesting thoughts Frodo.

However, I must point one or two things out to you. Firstly Currie turned down a return to Brighton to come to Saltergate, the lure of 1 extra season was key. He is highly thought of still by Luton and Brighton fans (even if the latter hate to say so now) so must be able to do a job in this league. Add to that our other signings and I think a sizeable case could be made for us winning the league.

We have signed

Robert Page - Former Wales Captain
Kevin Austin - Swansea veteran who played numerous times for them last season
Paul Harsley - played 40 times last season for Port Vale and was there Captain
Danny Hall - Played for Shrewsbury and Gretna last season

So we have signed two captains, one veteran defender, a left winger who has a wicked dead ball and a good young centreback. Last season we lacked organisation, if we had a leader or two we would have been promotion candidates. We now have those players and we are looking to sign a Premiership youngster for the nets and a couple more loanees/freebies to go with them.

If we get off to a cracker I cannot see us blowing it like last season.

Looking forward to Barnet, might make the cross country trip from 007s HQ

[Frodo]

Shit, Lincoln are 3-1 up against Villa!! Villa appear to have a half decent side out too.

[Frodo]

Rumours are going round that Lincoln are going to sign Kandol from Leeds too. Righto I'm taking the 25's now as it'll be shorter than that come the start of the season IMO.

[Punter]

Any handicap odds about? None on Oddschecker just yet.

[Frodo]

I don't think there will be as long as Bournemouth and Rotherham have the prospect of being deducted points. Last time I checked the bookies didn't even have match bet markets for these two and Luton. Damn their unexpected competence!

Some L2 squad reviews here, 3/4 are being added each day..........

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