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We're not bad currently. It's if we get a points deduction or a mass exodus of players in January that we'll become proper relegation candidates.

Latest news is that the players and staff are still on strike as they still haven't been paid. To avoid postponing the Kingstonian game the club will be fielding the youth team instead. And the game will likely have no PA, music, programmes, commentary etc due to volunteers withdrawing their...

We had too many new players to name them all but basically the keeper, defence and midfield are very solid but the strike force is toothless. Theo Vassell and Paddy Osadebe are both surprise successes given how no other L2 team managed to get a tune out of either of them until they came here...

Can confirm that Oldham are the worst team I've seen so far (Orient ran them close but they were still finding their feet). We were unspectacular and relied on a set piece for the goal but we got the job done in the end.

Cameron's being eased back (very slowly) from a pre season injury I think. He's hardly played all season so not match fit. But the decent form of the other defenders means we haven't had to rush him back into the team.

Very solid, I really like what I've seen of him so far. Already got a couple of goals as well, and we never normally have goal scoring defenders.

Know a lot about our players then? For what it's worth I'm expecting a draw, that seems to be our specialty at the moment.

Getting big crowds isn't the be all and end all when you have teams with multi-millionaire owners blowing everyone out of the water. But you do need one or the other. We have neither of those and it's clear to see that we can't afford to maintain a 24 man L2 squad, at least not without missing...

I don't support the idea of reinstating them but weren't the big wages part of the owner's plan to put the club out of business, or at least a deliberate distraction from the asset stripping? I wouldn't call it your average shit or bust spending spree.

If anything we've got worse since he left. He had his ups and downs last season but his recruitment this summer was pretty remarkable given the constraints behind the scenes. Definitely wouldn't begrudge him another job at this level.

Got a run of starts due to injuries and he's certainly holding his own so far, actually he probably had his best game for us last night. Decent on the ball and his defending/pressing when not in possession is coming on nicely as well.

Agree about the substitution thing. In fact I made the same point in the refereeing thread. Going off the video posted further up the page, Hessenthaler is in front of the wall which is fine - it's Green who only joins the wall at the last second who is at fault. So not much the ref could have...

Looks bad on the ref for not spotting it himself but it's absolutely fair for the 4th official to point out a clear cut decision like that if it's not been given.

He means Lincoln might be after Jones if he becomes available. Don't know if they're still distracted by the Flynn rumours but that was a very un-Newport like performance last night. Very open at the back and invited a lot of pressure.

Good performance by Macc tonight in a tight 1-1 draw. Another change of system, this time with a quicker more mobile front line and high press from midfield, which allowed us to brake forwards dangerously at times. Shame we couldn't win but it at least stops a run of poor performances.

Getting annoyed by the inability of L2 refs to enforce the 'leave at the nearest touchline' rule for substitutions. Other than that no complaints so far.

For me Daryl is tinkering with the team too much at the moment. The constant swapping between 4 and 5 at the back can't be easy for the players. And I'd much prefer Stephens or Gomis upfront rather than playing Paddy out of position. Timing of substitutions is also an issue - often either too...

As surprised as I've been with our good start to the season, I expect us to struggle tomorrow. We'll be disciplined in defence and pass it round nicely at times but I doubt we'll create enough to win against one of the better sides.

They actually played quite well when we went there last weekend, albeit without winning. And I gather that was despite having a load of injuries. Unless that was just a freak good performance this sacking seems like a bit of a panic decision.

Yep we fluked the promotion in truth, taking advantage of a weak league that season, however to be fair I think the budget had increased a bit by then thanks to a 'boost the budget' campaign and some generous local sponsors. Then in League 2 we ridiculously overspent in order to avoid...