National League 24/25

Eh, it looks even more Southernerer to me with Yeovil and FGR plonked on the end.

8 North, 3 Midlands, 13 Southerners.

 

Yeovil and Forest Green are out on their own, just as worse journey than to Manchester from our side of the capital, done both so not going to bother with either as nothing places. Only 5 new grounds for me, looking to tick them all off.

 

Yeovil away by train always means a pub crawl in Sherborne which is a fantastic place to drink, followed by a cab to YTFC

 

Boston, FGR, Hartlepool and Tamworth for me to tick off away with Wealdstone. Missed Pools away last season so will definitely make sure I’m there this season.

 

Tamworth is a definite for me. Relatives only 20 mins away, so that will turn into a weekender, not in Tamworth itself though!!!!!

 

I’ve just stuck my life savings on Wealdstone winning the league now, if you don’t I’ll be suing you to get my £25 back.

 

Sherbourne is lovely. Hate going to Yeovil, brings back crappy memories from the 80s.

 

My not going to list is Gateshead, Yeovil, Daggers & Solihull, though I might end up them all.

 

Boston v Braintree at Xmas?

 

From my personal perspective, I hope they give us Braintree away match avoiding Easter and Xmas, as we'll fill that whenever we play them.

Hoping for Barnet and Ebbsfleet for the holiday fixtures myself.

 

I hope that we don’t get Barnet at Xmas as some of the allure will fade if over the festive break. Suspect it will be a Maidenhead/Barnet mix though. I quite liked the same team over Xmas.

 

IMO

If we don,t at LEAST make the Playoffs, It will be a Major FAIL.
(After the KP Fiasco)
People on the board beware.

 

Agree with this, we've had the clear out we desperately needed, squad of 12 currently, 2 of which are transfer listed and 2 first year YTS players, looking at minimum 10 new signings for me, this will be Sarll's team and there'll be pressure from the off, hope he has it in him.

 

TBH any season we're here and we're not in the top 7 should be a disappointment.

Signings - 1 or 2 GK, 1 CB, 1 LB, 2/3 CM, 1 RW, 1 LW, 1 CF for me. 8 or 9. Possibly 10 if either Ferguson/Feaths leaves.

Every single one bar the GK needs to have pace (or at least mobility) about them.

 

No hiding place/ No excuses for all involved as we move forward.
Not for the faint hearted, Don,t think i,ve seen a Sarll team that is faint hearted to be fair.

 

It is most certainly a Massive disappointment for a club like ours.
But this season in particular there are no excuses to hide behind.

 

I think it's going to be a more competitive league next season hat night be expected.

Barnet, Solihull, Altrincham, I fully expect to be up there again.

Oldham, Hartlepool, Rochdale should all be stronger.

Aldershot, Halifax and Dagenham will all be looking to build on solid season's last year.

Of those coming up, Yeovil would be my favourites for a top ten finish or better.

Braintree will have to improve.

Tamworth and Boston are an unknown quantity for me.

Those coming down, FGR and Sutton don't seem to be the basket cases of the last few years, so they will be solid, just depends on their budget and who they attract in for me, but again strong mid table at worst I'd have thought

Of Wealdstone, Woking, Eastleigh, Fylde, Ebbsfleet, Maidenhead and York all will want to improve.

That leaves 2 clubs;

Gateshead, after the news about their lease and non promotion, if they lose anyone, who are they going to be able to attract to a team, that unless anything changes can't get promoted? could be a tougher season than this one.

Lastly us. A lot depends on the news this month of whether the takeover is completed. If it is, and the rumours of who we are looking at are true that will make it an interesting summer. We only need 2-3 additions in key places to turn a top 6 side into a top three outfit. If it isn't and we have no pre-season, can't make signings and lose a few then we could quite easily be bottom 6. Hopefully by the end of the month for us, it should all become a bit clearer.......hopefully.

 

We are unpredictable, as a lot will depend on whether we can retain the likes of Stott and Golden (both unlikely) who were integral parts of our defence.

The other key element will be improving our attack, with some much needed new fire power.

I agree with our four departures so far, but we’ve offered deals to a few out of contract players a lot of our fans don’t deem as good enough.

 

Helped it was against a decent club with fans we get on with.