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Fuller
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I watched the play off final last year in the Robins Club and quite enjoyed the afternoon, big cheer went up when Grimsby got their third ! Must have been about 30 or so watching.

Anyway does anyone know if the club is doing the same this year ? If yes I might well go on down.
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Artemis
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Tranmere all the way for me. I watched the FGR Daggers second leg at TNL. Spent most of the game talking to Mrs Still and her sister. They were right when they said that the Greenies were a bunch of divers and bad sports.
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paperboy
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Artemis wrote:Tranmere all the way for me. I watched the FGR Daggers second leg at TNL. Spent most of the game talking to Mrs Still and her sister. They were right when they said that the Greenies were a bunch of divers and bad sports.
..I went too and although Rovers were much the better side if they do manage to win at Wembley I would expect them to be more ruthless than us with their retained list.
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Malabus
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I want FGR to win handsomely.
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Johnsons Red Army
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Come on Tranmere!
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Shade
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Sounds like a Nest poll is required - Who do you want to play next season, Tranmere or FGR?
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Robin
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I honestly don't care here, FGR is close but they are going to be tinpot again with ticket allocations no doubt.
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kora
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Really couldn't give a toss who wins, as long as it's Tranmere.
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darreno
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I think I'd like FGR to win. Be a good derby game for us.

So pleased that Hartlepool finally got their just desserts. F_ckin good riddance to trash!
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CTFCfan99
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Got money on Tranmere. 13/8 to win the playoffs was far too good to pass up.
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horlickfanclub
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Forest Green winning would put extra money in our budget.
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asl
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Tranmere's team talk has been leaked to the press ahead of the Wembley clash:

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andgarod
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And I thought it was going to be a video of Danny Wright leading the singing **** Forest Green
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ctfc-fan
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How does he work out they will get to the Championship if they can't even win their (non) league?
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Oldun
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Simple answer to that. Money! He knows that eventually he will buy his way there. Unless of course he does a Mr Griggs and pulls the plug, thus leaving the club in a mess and unsustainable. I suppose it's unsustainable now in one sense, but as long as Vince keeps putting his money in to the black hole they will buy their way up the pyramid (eventually)
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Ralph
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Just supposing they made it into the Champ. They do not have the catchment area for loads more new fans. Wages are going up and up. On Champ wages, imagine how many millions they would lose each year. It is mind boggling
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Artemis
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Look, it isnt about the number of fans, its simply a marketing exercise for the parent company, Ecotricity. Attendences will increase if the club rises, but the media coverage and energy supply contracts will too.
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ctfc-fan
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I'm surprised Ecotricity can get away with subsidising the club as it's basically a tax reduction technique. That club is never going to be in a position to pay back those losses which otherwise would have been taxed as company profit.


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asl
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Looks like Tranny are throwing it away... Decent finishing from FGR.
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Rulistening
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Tranmere only have themselves to blame at HT. I do wonder if FGR could go for similar signings to us, and with their budget take a few we might have wanted. Only time will tell (If they win that is! hoping for a Tranmere comeback but cant see it)
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Shade
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Bloody Tranmere. Bottling it. Very disappointing to have to be heading back up that hill next season and having to deal with that tosser Vince's ticketing balls.
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slinky_dog
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FGR winning play-off really would round off a terrible season perfectly!!!
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nitram82
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Hopefully if FGR do go up it would prompt our hierarchy into a positive reaction with regards to next season's target in the league/transfer market because surely they cannot afford to let this tinpot outfit overtake us?
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I am happy to see Forest Green gain promotion. If nothing else, it's another money spinning 'derby' game for us which has to be a good thing. I don't think Dale Vince, with his new stadium, is intentionally looking at nicking any Of our fans but no doubt, there are plenty of people knocking around the County with nowt to do on a Saturday afternoon that would support a successful team.
I remember people saying that people wouldn't be interested in going to watch MK Dons but they're averaging gates of 10k now. Never underestimate the fickleness of the sporting fraternity.
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Shade
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How the f#!$ is Steve McNulty still a professional footballer... He's being completely embarrassed every time the ball goes anywhere near him.
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Benctfc
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No doubt the bigger pitch is suiting Forest Green Tranmere's less mobile team being exposed by FGR's movement.
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Benctfc
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BBC Glos will be happy their FGR love in can continue. No doubt they will get more radio coverage than us next season...
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Benctfc wrote:BBC Glos will be happy their FGR love in can continue. No doubt they will get more radio coverage than us next season...
and they didnt last season?? Mr Hunt creaming himself on air every week
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nitram82
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Is he the one that describes every pass as 'Delicious'?
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Oldun
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Another local derby with FG
Hope Carlisle can get up and our travel bills will be much reduced and home gates will be all the better!
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Robin
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Burton are not much bigger than FGR and they have survived up there on tiny crowds so clearly it can be done. I would like to think if we ever got there we would average 7000+ if the new stand was in place with a larger capacity.

Full credit to the FGR fans on promotion, can't say I am looking forward to the away trip though but perhaps next season they will give us a larger allocation.
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Ralph
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Hopefully the EFL will take a close interest in FG and the way the club is supported financially
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Benctfc
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So will there be Financial Fair Play rules be enforced on them? If so I would imagine they are already spending more than whats allowed on the crowds they get. However given the likes of Crawley and Fleetwood have seemed to ignore it in the past I doubt they will have any issues doing the same.
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The two worst things about their promotion: we're not Gloucestershire's only ever FL team anymore & f#!$ Forest Green will be our number 1 chant again next season.
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Shade
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Benctfc wrote:So will there be Financial Fair Play rules be enforced on them? If so I would imagine they are already spending more than whats allowed on the crowds they get. However given the likes of Crawley and Fleetwood have seemed to ignore it in the past I doubt they will have any issues doing the same.
There's some kind of income to wage bill ratio gubbins that has to be adhered to, but I'm sure they'll find a way around that, such as giving away 2000 tickets per match and Vince paying for them.
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