Alright Phil, don't worry about confguide, I roared myself silly when Chris Ingram gave that speech the other week. It was like you had infilitrated him
and repeated everything you had saisd over the past year or so. I don't really dislike Woking but it was funny.
Re the conf title, I think Hughesy may be a bit OTT with Torquay but I think they'll be up there, they've reacted to the fact that they're now non league and got a manager with experience of the division and started signing good 'conference' players rather than Oxford going for the nostalgic man and banking on the players that got them relegated from league 2 suddenly becoming world beaters.
Everyone else? Well,
why do York keep losing players, it's like you build a top 5 side from scratch every year. Much easier to try and keep hold of your best players.
Stevenage will be right up there if they start well which is generally their problem.
Crawley could be right up there. It's a question of whether the conference and/or creditors lose patience with them.
Exeter seem to be losing momentum.
I think Kidderminster have what it takes to beat the best (richards, Constable and Christie are one of the divisions better strike forces) but will need a seasons worth of Accy?daggers style consistencey rather than the redhot for 10 games type of last season.
oxford are going to be here for years now, it may get too much for Jim Smith and he'll move upstairs. 33/1 for him to be 1st to go is one of the stand out bets of the summer for me.
And the bottom...
well, we've got our work cut out lats make no bones about that still
Some one will do a StAlbans Tamworth. I think Droylsden could eeither take a few by surprise with their attacking stykle and how minging the butchers arms is or they could get put away like when they went to Kiddy all confident in the trophy.
Farsley might be everybodies friendly club taht gets beat all the time.
Northiwich will struggle beacuse of Redferans ego/ Connetts ego / both but will stay up due to good players.
Thought Stafford might struggle like us due to 2nd season syndrome and now fear for them as Madjo has gone. A class act on his day but all thats wrong with players at this level moneywise etc.