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Culmstockgull has a more mature answer than Teigngull...

Solihull Moors are like Salford City in many ways - surrounded by more established League Sides ( Birmingham , Villa , Man U and Man City ) , but expanding , progressive sides in football , are also allowed to flourish !!!.

With a squad of 15 as it stands, I also think we are around 5 players light. We know GJ and PJ will have 4/5 loanee's lined up but as clubs do not determine who they will release during pre-season we have to wait until their season starts. If they are as good as last years loanee's I don't think anyone will be complaining. Of course, there may still be another marquee signing. I think we have our midfield covered so will be good to see some loanee's who are defensive and/or attack minded.

Squad as it stands:

GK - MacDonald
GK - Covolan
DF - Wynter
DF - Cameron
DF - Niate
DF - Davis
MF - Keating
MF - Kalala
MF - Hall
MF - Dickson
MF - Little
MF - Andrews
ST - Reid
ST - Koszela
ST - Duku

You would need the wisdom of Solomon to predict the outcome of this coming season . Lets be honest, last August, how many of us would have predicted that we would walk the league and by a good margin in the end.
A lot depends on the acquisitions Johnson makes and by his own statement on his preferred size of squad we are short of five maybe six players and I would much ratther get them in now than wait on the off chance of the right loan player or someone who does well in a couple of warm up matches.

SuperNickyWroe wrote: 29 Jun 2019, 10:36 Think you're talking sh1te.
Pretty sure the "pub team" will finish above us...
If you fancy putting your money where your mouth is, I'll take £20 off you....

Betting's a mugs game matey & we're all entitled to an opinion whether you agree or not.
So you can keep your £20 or waste it at the bookies for all I care.

Teigngull wrote: 29 Jun 2019, 10:00 Yet another Sunday pub team with delusions of grandeur !!
Watch them fall flat in their arses& implode - we've seen it before just recently with Billericay.

Think you're talking sh1te.
Pretty sure the "pub team" will finish above us...
If you fancy putting your money where your mouth is, I'll take £20 off you....

Fred Perry wrote: 29 Jun 2019, 07:45 Solihull Moors at 15/1 is a decent price.

Unlucky to finish 2nd last season.

Yet another Sunday pub team with delusions of grandeur !!
Watch them fall flat in their arses& implode - we've seen it before just recently with Billericay.

Solihull Moors at 15/1 is a decent price.

Unlucky to finish 2nd last season.

'due to watching the recently reformed Scarborough Athletic a lot' (Mr. YorkieAndy).
The worst thing a Whitby Town supporter could hear!

12-1 will feel like a very good price if we win the league. Similarly 25-1 would feel like a crap price if we don’t as there’s no return anyway! I think Torquay (and Stockport) will be right up there and £120 to spend on a promotion party seems like a great incentive to spend a tenner.

But...

Solihull Moors finished 2nd last year.

New Board of Directors from Oxford United have completely revamped the Club - player and ground wise.

Home attendances increased from around 750 to well over 3000.

Yorkieandy wrote: 28 Jun 2019, 10:33
... That brings me on to Chesterfield who look to have steadied the ship and whilst there is still nonsense behind the scenes, John Sheridan is slowly building a decent squad...

I tend to agree with you. If Chesterfield hit the ground running this season they will be hard to beat. interesting to see Sheridan like GJ does not want too many players vying for the same position this season. Given Chesterfield currently have eight players who can play in the centre of midfield it not surprising Sheridan intends to move a few of them out before the season starts.

Would be fantastic if we ( Solihull Moors ) and Torquay United went up...

Both play in Yellow and both have " No Big - Time " Charlie's !!!.

Solihull Moors Ground is going through a " massive " revamp and has been partly complete - impressive new Club Shop and Car Park. Main Stand is being rebuilt .

A fair few ex Birmingham City supporters now follow Moors, as there is alot more comradeship and the players mix with the fans in the bar afterwards , amongst other things.

This NL season is likely to be the toughest ever IMO. Yeovil and Notts will be looking to be up there but both have had issues off the pitch too which as Chesterfield have found out can scupper any chances of success despite a decent budget and 4000 plus crowds. That brings me on to Chesterfield who look to have steadied the ship and whilst there is still nonsense behind the scenes, John Sheridan is slowly building a decent squad and a can do mentality which went missing under Mad Dog Allen who did more harm than good. I'd have them down as favourites possibly.

Fylde are on an upward curve and whilst they still only get small crowds, they have invested and small crowds aren't necessarily a barrier to success. I can see them being up there again. Wrexham also are usually there or thereabouts and have appointed Bryan Hughes who i am aware of recently due to watching the recently reformed Scarborough Athletic a lot. Solihull and Eastleigh you would think would be competitive. Barnet and Daggers could be anything next season. Hartlepool too. Another ex league club. Harrogate did really well last season but perhaps that was their chance gone.

Aldershot could take heart from a last minute reprieve due to the Heed being chucked out. Then there is Sutton who are a strong side. Stockport County will be looking to build on their momentum of promotion back the relative 'big time' and Chorley is a bloody awkward place to go to.

It's like the Championship of non league!! Bloody difficult. It will be very interesting to see how it all pans out.

Notts County are in a lot of trouble financially, and face a winding up order from HMRC. There's a good chance they'll go into administration and suffer a points deduction, which I believe can be anything the league decides, not necessarily 12.

If they are wound up, then they could do a Gateshead, and be further relegated.

So favouritism is a bit premature.

https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/fo ... go-3029135

On Sky bet we are 14/1, seventh favourite, which would be a playoff place, bookies are rarely wrong so they must see something in us. Don’t knock it see it as a compliment!