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Old 30th October 2017, 23.01:22   #8-0 (permalink)
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Default Re: League 2 v National League

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Originally Posted by NottsRed View Post
L2 is a lot stronger now than it used to be and theres some bigger clubs that have dropped down into it like Coventry.

Ive seen Notts County this season and tbh if by some fluke we did go up we would be coming straight back down. There is a gulf between the two divisions as FG and Lincoln are finding out. Used to be that whoever won the conference usually did well in L2. We haven't got the deep pockets to compete like the other two clubs that went up last season.
I don't think so.

There are financial fair play rules in the FL which favour clubs with larger fan bases like ours........and righly so.The bigger your turnover from gate receipts and merchandising etc, the bigger your budget.

The sugar daddy, bankrolled clubs with tiny attendances can't survive for long at that level as they are capped to spending a proportion of their working turnover.

Shame the FFP rules aren't extended to the NL as we'd have a much stronger chance of getting out of this pit.