Match Day National League Saturday 6th January 2017

[Boz]

Barrow v Tranmere
Bromley v Fylde
Dagenham v Hartlepool
Dover v Aldershot
Eastleigh v Guiseley
Ebbsfleet v Chester
Gateshead v Sutton
Leyton Orient v Boreham Wood
Macclesfield v Solihull
Maidenhead v Halifax
Woking v Maidstone
Wrexham v Torquay

Can Rovers get back on track after the thumping at Fylde? Keeper Scott Davies out injured for some time, manager doesn't appear to rate Welsh U21 keeper Luke Pilling, but hasn't brought anyone else in yet. No idea how this one will pan out.

Elsewhere at the top, Macc and Wrexham seem to have fairly easy home games, while Aldershot's trip to Dover is hard to call and you'd expect Sutton to take something at Gateshead. At the bottom, Chester and Guiseley might pick up something on their travels.

 

[GuiseleySteve]

If only we had someone in midfield to slide balls through for Roberts to get onto. He's a proper live wire and can finish given a little space. The bend he gets on a ball is incredible.
Nice to dream

 

[Pablosammy]

I'm nervous about the Barrow game. I always am. I've seen about 3 minutes of exciting football there in my two previous visits, so hopefully this weekend will make up for it.

We need to sort our away form out.

 

[Chief Rocka]

No confidence in our mob at all, Dagenham gave us the run around in the reverse fixture and we some how managed to squeak a win out of them, not this time.

He couldn't of picked a stronger team on Monday and we still managed to crumble after leading twice. His insistence in playing Deverdics our most creative midfielder at left back is barmy, right sided opposition players give him the run around because he can't defend.

Another heavy away defeat to add to the collection.

 

[The_Boss]

Ain't gonna be an easy one against Motors, theyve picked up in recent weeks. Need either an early goal to settle the nerves or to be very patient in trying to break them down. Take a scrappy 1-0 right now. To be fair I'd take another 15 of them!!

 

[Master D]

I'm nervous about the Barrow game. I always am. I've seen about 3 minutes of exciting football there in my two previous visits, so hopefully this weekend will make up for it.

We need to sort our away form out.

They’ll be tired out after playing 2 cup finals against us due to this bizarre ‘rivalry’ they seem to think they have with us.

 

[Bendubz]

Woking are a team in freefall, this should be a good chance to get back on track at home and put ourselves needing just the 10 points more for another season up here.

 

[Farleigh]

Someone should start the obligatory "how many points needed to void relegation" discussion.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

As always, I'm pessimistic. Our home form is the worst in the league, and Tranmere will surely benefit from the 'wounded animal' effect after the hammering by Fylde.
Not only that, we've lost our best defender. Can see this being one of those games where an early Tranmere goal kills it, and the rest of the game doesn't go anywhere.

 

[NolansOrient]

Feeling fairly positive we can get a point or three in our home fixture against Boreham Wood. The away tie was our worst game of the season, going down 2-0, starting our 15 game winless streak and incurring medium-term injuries to both our centre backs.

We've only conceded 1 goal in our last 4 games, and that was against a 12 man Bromley outfit with only 1 CB on the pitch so our defence is looking fairly assured.

Up front Bonne has 13 in the league and, despite some woeful finishing in recent weeks, still looks certain to get 20 this year. Dan Holman has just joined on loan from Cheltenham, has always scored bags of goals at this level, and was out at loan at Boreham early in the season, so hopefully he can provide some good insider knowledge as well as get a goal against his former club.

It might be too late to mount a late charge on the play offs - we have 18 league fixtures to go, and are 12 points off 7th place so it will take one hell of a run to get us there, but our Feb and March fixtures are fairly kind so anything is possible.

I know nothing about Boreham, except they looked tidy in the reverse fixture, recently had a 12 match unbeaten run, and they just signed Blair Turgott, and ex-winger of ours who is just about capable at this level.

Head says 1-1, Heart says 2-0.

Up the Os.

 

[PoolieTom]

No confidence in our mob at all, Dagenham gave us the run around in the reverse fixture and we some how managed to squeak a win out of them, not this time.

He couldn't of picked a stronger team on Monday and we still managed to crumble after leading twice. His insistence in playing Deverdics our most creative midfielder at left back is barmy, right sided opposition players give him the run around because he can't defend.

Another heavy away defeat to add to the collection.

If Watson and Ledger aren't going to be fit, I would genuinely not bother with this game. Might aswell send the u-16's.

If they are, and the players can forget that they aren't going to be paid this month, we have a chance. Providing Adams is back, anyway.

 

[Chief Rocka]

If Watson and Ledger aren't going to be fit, I would genuinely not bother with this game. Might aswell send the u-16's.

If they are, and the players can forget that they aren't going to be paid this month, we have a chance. Providing Adams is back, anyway.

If we believe the Mail (yeah I know) we could be short Ledger, Watson, Woods, Cassidy and Oates, that's five players who started Monday, on top of Featherstone and possibly Magnay, a first eleven consisting of Laing, Harrison, Munns, Newton, Rodney, Simpson, fucking hell we may as well not bother.

 

[PoolieTom]

It's no surprise that Woods, Cassidy and Oates may be missing, after they were all clearly shagged against Gateshead and weren't subbed early enough. Hopefully Ledger/Watson not training was more precaution than anything else!

 

[Seventyseven]

Wrecsam should be afraid... very afraid.... we have signed none other than Alex Fletcher from Argyle... yes THE Alex Fletcher!

We have also procured the services of .... wait for it..... Tommy O'Sullivan from Colchester!

The only trouble is, they'll be the only two who actually WANT to play on Saturday (to impress their new bosses). The rest of them are dogshite and should be either a) hanging their heads in shame after such a woeful 'performance' at Boring Wood or b) looking for new clubs MUCH lower down the pyramid (or maybe just stay with the Gulls for next season so that they can play above their level in Connie South).

All I ask of Wrescam... keep it under double figures. It's embarrassing enough supporting this pile of shite without the vidiprinter tickertape spelling out the fucking score!

One silver lining about next season... we won't have to travel up to the Grim North!

 

[Railway Blue]

Someone should start the obligatory "how many points needed to void relegation" discussion.

Not needed as the bottom 4 are cut adrift and won't catch up.

 

[DontBringBertie]

Woking are a team in freefall, this should be a good chance to get back on track at home and put ourselves needing just the 10 points more for another season up here.

You know the game is away? Think your away record is decent so pretty sure you'll dick on us.

 

[Seventyseven]

Not needed as the bottom 4 are cut adrift and won't catch up.

Sadly, I think you're right. We've pulled off two 'great escapes' in the past two seasons.... cannot see us making it 'third time lucky'....

 

[chief]

All I ask of Wrescam... keep it under double figures. It's embarrassing enough supporting this pile of shite without the vidiprinter tickertape spelling out the fucking score!

Don't worry mate, we've got no strikers. We only scored 3 against Barrow because their defence were still pissed from New Year.

 

[The_Boss]

Oh no, Askey has the Manager of Month award, lump on Solihull...

 

[chief]

Oh no, Askey has the Manager of Month award, lump on Solihull...

The Macc Meltdown™ begins here!

Tranmere and Sutton are running away with it this year.

 

[John Still]

Which Daggers team will turn today? The slick attacking one or the slow boring hoofy one.

 

[E10rifle]

Can’t wait to watch Boring Wood follow in Bromley’s footsteps by completing the double over us.

 

[Pablosammy]

One of the Barrow players is unwrapping a fresh parking ticket in Costa, hopefully that's him distracted for today's game

 

[Eastleigh Fan]

Despite only having 1 fit center half (we have at least another 6 of them signed & injured) and only 1 fit center forward, we will smash the Guiseley 3-0.

 

[The Terminator]

Intrigued to see how many Boreham Wood bring to us today, they'd sold out their one away coach!!

 

[Boz]

Ollie Banks returns to Oldham. He and the already departed Mottley-Henry were key figures in our turnaround. Throw in losing goalie Scott Davies, as whoever gets the shirt will have to adapt to our defensive foibles. Starting to think it might be Barrow's day

 

[Chief Rocka]

Which Daggers team will turn today? The slick attacking one or the slow boring hoofy one.

It doesn't take much to beat us so I wouldn't be too concerned!

 

[EnglishRed]

We've got a load of FC Magdeburg fans visiting today, obviously they have earmarked Wrexham v Torquay as a glamour tie. And rightly so.

 

[Pablosammy]

We've got a load of FC Magdeburg fans visiting today, obviously they have earmarked Wrexham v Torquay as a glamour tie. And rightly so.

It does stand out when you look down the list. Who needs Bolton vs Huddersfield or Man City vs Burnley when there is a Wrexham fixture on the list, against Torquay no less?

Funny, I haven't spotted any in Barrow today...

 

[chief]

Chris Dunn starts, so lump on Torquay to score.