[Devongone]

I agree there is a kind of magic about the non-league scene, but unfortunately much of the finance turns out to be smoke and mirrors. Orient and Salford did really have the budget to get them up, unlike cash-starved Macclesfield who went up by accident and shocked themselves by finding they'd appointed Sol Campbell to keep them up, not take them down in a fanfare of famous names. Fylde and Harrogate are currently sound and on upward curves. Yeovil definitely need new ownership, County have splashed cashed and drowned themselves, Torquay's ownership is the Mister Shifty element which could undermine Gary Johnson's management skills, Stockport are taking fairy steps which turn out to be wisdom, there's been a fatal flaw somewhere at Wrexham, they bring players in, go on a run, hit the top and then the dragon's fire damps down, and us .......... Sheri could find us a team if he gets over his own messiah complex and realises he isn't going to be sitting in midfield for us spraying the Zidane passes, BUT there remains a man behind the scenes whose deep pockets we can't escape (he and Sheridan have to be trying to score in the same goal). But will they?

And then there's Barnet who are sound enough and have a player-base sufficient to build a promotion team and Dagenham who promise to buy a league winning team despite the persistent and conspicuous absence of a crowd to support EFL football ........... As Matt says it's wide-open. Bookies want you to have a bet and especially like it when you're betting in the almost complete absence of information.