Crawley sign ANOTHER Striker!

[casbom]

Richard Brodie from York for....wait for it....£275k!!!

Reds land Brodie From The Argus)



I hope they go up this season...for their sake!

 

[Foolg]

Bloody hell, they MUST go up, or its all over for them.

 

[BensGrandad]

This just shows the ridiculous price being attached to strikers when you consider that it is nearly as much as we paid for Murray and more than double what we paid for Forster.

 

[Zebedee]

Ironically, they've probably spent more than we have.

 

[Danny-Boy]

How much capacity is their stadium?

From the catchment area, both Brighton and Palace would lose out if they got full league status.

Surprised they haven't tapped Gareth for a managerial role yet...

 

[Soul Finger]

Ridiculous. They can't sustain it.

And their crowds are poor, to say the least.

 

[Gav1901]

f***ing Hell Top signing, they have to go up or they're f***ed.

 

[BensGrandad]

Surprised they haven't tapped Gareth for a managerial role yet...

Why Steve Evans is doing Ok and doesnt his father in law own or have some big say in the club.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

No Zebedee, I suspect they haven't.

They may have paid more in terms of transfer fees. But you might consider signing on fees and the wage levels. Although of course, you may be right - but I doubt it.

 

[Easy 10]

Mentioned it before, but even if they DO go up, I can't see how this spending is sustainable just by them making it into the League. Sure there's a bit of TV money, and they might get an extra thousand or so through the turnstile (for a while at least), but is that really going to cover the financial commitments they are getting themselves into, not just on transfer fees but on the wages they are having to shell out on now ?

This will all end in tears.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

How wealthy are the board?

 

[Beach Hut]

Totally stupid and wreckless but seen it all before

 

[oh ah stantona]

have now spent in excess of 600k on fee's alone...let alone the 14 players they signed on free transfers...with an average home gate of 1500

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Brodie is a class signing. Even we discussed him recently.

Fear this is going to be another Scarboro though

 

[Marshy]

Good news my tenner at 10/1 is looking better

 

[The Wookiee]

How wealthy are the board?

Thet are being bankrolled by some Middle East consortium. They are debt free and have not had to break their wage structure to accomodate their new players

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Why do people assume they cannot sustain it?

Their backers are minted.

A total of £565,000 splashed on transfer fees alone. Definitely more than us, even taking into account wages, signing on fees etc.

 

[Stoo82]

Crawley Town FC if they don't go up.

 

[The Wookiee]

Like I said before, all talk, from Brighton fans, of them going bust is a bit like Crawley fans saying we will be going bust because of all the money spent on our new stadium

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Agreed Wookie. It is all a bit patronising as well.

"Oooh, look at the little non league team spending money..."