League two table predictions

Obviously difficult to say at this stage and there's always a few surprise success stories in this division.  

Clearly Bradford and Northampton should be challenging based on their business so far.  

Mansfield and Swindon will probably be in or around the play-offs again.  Stockport will do well; probably play-offs.  Orient have recruited well and will challenge for top 7.  

Not sure what to make of any of the relegated sides.  Crewe were dreadful last year and they could struggle again if they don't strengthen significantly.  Doncaster always seem to be competitive when they're in this division but I'm not sure what their signings have been like.  

New crypto moneybags Crawley could be ones to watch.  They've signed last season's L2 top scorer and I can see them sh!thousing their way into a good finish.  Arseholes.

I think people might be underestimating Barrow and Stevenage.  Barrow have Pete Wild as manager and I think they'll be solid after some decent signings.  Stevenage likewise have a decent manager for this level and have made a couple of good additions so far.  

Hartlepool could struggle: they had a mediocre season last year and have lost a few.  Harrogate, Carlisle, Colchester and Walsall seem to have been circling the lower parts of L2 for a few years now and I can't see them changing that this season.

As for Town, I think we're in a decent position but we still need to strengthen over the season.  We should aim for play-offs but if we fall short and finish top half I'd still be happy with that.  

Quoted from Poojah

Didn’t Crawley just sign last season’s League Two top scorer?

Yes, but I smell a rat with their new owners and have a sneaky suspicion the wheels will fall off.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

Yes, but I smell a rat with their new owners and have a sneaky suspicion the wheels will fall off.

Yep, makes some interesting reading actually.

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A respected football finance guru has suggested that the takeover of Crawley Town by cryptocurrency investors could be "too good to be true".

Last week saw the League Two side announce that WAGMI United LLC had completed the purchase of the club. The company are to use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as an ownership model, allowing people across the world to make decisions on the club, while also generating valuable revenue streams. NFTs have no physical form but can be bought or sold.

Upon their ownership being confirmed, co-founders Preston Johnson and Eben Smith vowed to build a "worldwide community of fans" despite the club having little reach outside Sussex and boasting average attendances this season of just 2,249 - the second-lowest in the EFL.

Kieran Maguire, the respected football finance expert behind the popular Price of Football Twitter account and podcast, has big concerns over the deal.

"It's a highly volatile, unregulated and easily manipulated market," Maguire told the Argus. "If you want to buy into it in those circumstances then good luck to you is my view. There is nothing wrong with new people coming in, if they want to engage with fans that is great.

"If engagement means you have to buy fan tokens, I think they said you can vote in the new directors. But if something sounds too good to be true, it generally, in my experience, tends not to be true.

I honestly have no idea; just glad that we are in it and on the up.

Think we will be top 10, hopefully top 7.

01  Bradford
02  Swindon
03  Tranmere
04  Stockport
05  Northampton
06  Grimsby
07  AFC Wimbledon
08  Leyton Orient
09  Salford
10  Mansfield
11  Carlisle
12  Barrow
13  Newport
14  Gillingham
15  Walsall
16  Crawley
17  Rochdale
18  Hartlepool
19  Doncaster
20  Stevenage
21  Colchester
22  Crewe
23  Sutton
24  Harrogate

Could easily imagine any of my top ten promoted and any of my bottom ten relegated..

exactly where they are alphabetically - 10th

Fancy Stockport to win it closely followed by Northampton and Bradford.. Harrogate and Stevenage to drop out.. Town to finish between 7-11.. and will be amazed if Dom Telford sees his full 3 years at Crawley the deal there with there owners looks full of red flags!

Bradford are big team favourites every season, but fail miserably every season. What makes you think this season will be any different? They are the Man Utd of the second div. Big fanbase, big spenders, but ultimately biggest failures.

“We renounce everything except victory” ... Buenaventura Durruti

This could have been our battle cry in the play-offs last season. If we can carry some of that spirit into 22/23 a play-off place has to be a possibility. And if we get there, we all know anything is possible.

First time we were promoted back into the league, we went for consolidation, concentrate on staying up, let's not overspend.  Look were we ended up, back in the National bloody League!

Go for it while we have the momentum, because once we loose that, it is very difficult to get it back.