[spireitematt]

Is Forest Green sustainable? What a genius question Matt.

Well their crowds are creeping up, but Cheltenham's experience suggests there is a limit in that whole area. Cheltenham and Gloucester are closer to joining up than Chesterfield and Sheffield. It is a pretty decent population but they only have Gloucester Rugby at a pretty run-down ground, Cheltenham FC at Whaddon Rd which is not much and Gloucester City are currently sharing after being flooded out a few seasons back ....... and then there's Forest Green down in the Forest ..... Between Bristol and Swindon there are quite a lot of people but it's more of a football desert than a forest.

But you get 50,000+ at Prestbury Park, Cheltenham Racecourse .....

That 50,000 will be race goers from around the country and people from Ireland.

Only team you mentioned there which is big is Bristol Rovers. Cheltenham, Swindon and Gloucester won't have big attendances.

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But those 50k are mainly from Ireland...
So MA goes on record saying he's happy with the squad and doesn't need to sign anyone, then signs Reid and Hollis ,who ,by the way are both good additions .I guess MA is still discovering his squad but why come out and say he's happy in the first place ?.

Think he's signed them due to injuries we have in the squad.