Boring close seasons we have known?

The thing is we don't need to sign many players because we have so many under contract. So quite on the transfer front.

We are not satisfied with the Chelsea/Arsenal kids any more and most Championship and league One sides are considered dull so the friendlies don't grab the imagination as they used too.

You're right Mick. It's dull!

Jim Baker

It wasnt necessarily a complaint against the club just a hope that a dull pre season turns into a great (or even fair) season and the worry that with so little of note (HK seems to divide opinion over his appointment?) it cannot have done much for S/T sales? Have we that many players under contract, did people like Arthur leave? HK might have seen something in our squad but over 46 games they proved that as a team they were not very good and apart from having a superb goalscorer and a fine GK we would have been in the mire, so there is definitely a need to bring in 3 or 4 decent quality players still, even with Danny B signing. But then again maybe HK is a miracle worker and can get something out of the players that DD couldnt (goals from other players for one thing!).
As for PSFs I have never been a fan and cannot see any fun in letting the "carrier bags" come up here to show off to the locals and entice a few more waverers away (it did happen last season). Obviously will make a bit of cash presumably as an incentive for us to let their kids team play at our ground to showcase them even more (you might be able to tell I have a great dislike of BHA something fuelled even more by our treatment at the SSC Final when they stuck us away in a far corner with inadequate refreshment facilities and nobody has ever come back with a justification for this).
And as for "lets go for global domination "Chelsea XI" again a chance for local youngsters to ally themselves even more closely with the shirts they seen on tv or at the Chelsea Academy over the road (and dont even get me started on what AFC Dons and Chelsea did to Kingstonians). Maybe these are compensation for us voting for the U23/21 kids teams in the Checkatrade Trophy despite huge nationwide opposition from supporters (but then when did we ever count?).
I was pleased that we did get one decent good last minute friendly in Portsmouth as that should be a competitive game and they are a decent a large away crowd.

Looking back Thad, and taking into account the odd few weeks of hope , the last three or four seasons have been pretty tedious with a terrible goalscoring record (Collins aside this season) and little or no cup success to lighten the tedium so maybe it is a gradual wearing down that has created the mood!?

Blimey - it is a very sad day when Crawley fans aren't even stirred by an incident of regicide  

I couldn't agree more Simon

We can live in hope (well I can anyway!). But we cannot keep relying on others being rubbish we need to do something ourselves this season.