18-07-2019, 09:00
I agree entirely, Dev. Anybody who enters a competition should try to win it – as long as they do it within the rules - or there`s no point in entering and they`re being disrespectful to all the other competitors. There`s a world of difference, though, between thinking you `can` win and thinking you `will ` win it.
I genuinely admire and envy your optimism, Matt, but at the risk of being facetious (again) you could say that a pessimist can never be disappointed; an optimist can rarely be anything but. Personally, the only thing I`m prepared to predict with any confidence about the National League for the coming season is that it`ll be just as completely unpredictable as it was last season.
For what it`s worth – which is probably very little – according to Oddschecker the bookies have us as pretty much joint favourites along with Fylde and with Notts County a sliver outside us. They had us as favourites at the start of last season, though, and look how that worked out.
With more and more full-time clubs in it, this league is getting more and more competitive every year, but if you twisted my arm into making predictions I`d probably go as far as the following (based on nothing whatsoever apart from gut feelings):
• Wrexham to win it (it`s got to be their turn soon).
• Us to finish in the play-offs.
• Notts County to struggle more than expected by many (most do the first season down).
And I don`t even have any confidence whatsoever in any of those.
I genuinely admire and envy your optimism, Matt, but at the risk of being facetious (again) you could say that a pessimist can never be disappointed; an optimist can rarely be anything but. Personally, the only thing I`m prepared to predict with any confidence about the National League for the coming season is that it`ll be just as completely unpredictable as it was last season.
For what it`s worth – which is probably very little – according to Oddschecker the bookies have us as pretty much joint favourites along with Fylde and with Notts County a sliver outside us. They had us as favourites at the start of last season, though, and look how that worked out.
With more and more full-time clubs in it, this league is getting more and more competitive every year, but if you twisted my arm into making predictions I`d probably go as far as the following (based on nothing whatsoever apart from gut feelings):
• Wrexham to win it (it`s got to be their turn soon).
• Us to finish in the play-offs.
• Notts County to struggle more than expected by many (most do the first season down).
And I don`t even have any confidence whatsoever in any of those.