Chesterfield v boreham wood

Boreham win for me. I see Chesterfield as the stronger long term threat. Let's build up a points cushion over them.

You will get clubs popping up at the top end from time to time this early in the season. A few weeks ago Dagenham looked like the team to beat, but they have faded.

At this point clubs have only played half the teams in the division  so it's not a genuine like for like comparison of potential depending on how the fixtures have fallen. I think the table will be more informative as to real contenders after 23 games.  

While I agree that Chesterfield look like the strongest challengers, I'm not too worried about what other teams do just yet.  We don't know who will ultimately be in the hunt come March/April; there are plenty of teams who will certainly hit form at some point which will propel them into contention.  Wrexham, Notts County, maybe even Stockport are realistic candidates for that.

We shouldn't write Boreham Wood off either.  I believe they've got some good backing and probably still have funds from the Tshimanga sale, while their manager is highly rated at this level.  They'll be a threat for sure.

Just as long as we keep going at 2 PPG or higher, I'm not too fussed about other results yet.

Town beat Yeovil
Chesterfield and Boreham Wood draw
Solihull beat Halifax

That’s a sequence of results I’d be very happy with. Would leave us 4 points clear of 2nd, 5 points clear of 3rd and 6 points clear of 3rd - with a superior goal difference over all of them.

Some tough games in the pipeline, a bit of a cushion would be lovely.

If we were down here last season, I could just see this thread but substitute Sutton United for Boreham Wood!  

Quoted from Poojah

Town beat Yeovil
Chesterfield and Boreham Wood draw
Solihull beat Halifax

That’s a sequence of results I’d be very happy with. Would leave us 4 points clear of 2nd, 5 points clear of 3rd and 6 points clear of 3rd - with a superior goal difference over all of them.

Some tough games in the pipeline, a bit of a cushion would be lovely.

Whilst winning the league is the priority, stretching that gap between us and 4th place is the thing I’ve got my eye on as our bare minimum. If we don’t win the league, we need to be in that second round of play-off fixtures

Quoted from Poojah

Three of the last four sides promoted out of this division have been Barrow, Harrogate and Sutton United (albeit two of those did so with plastic pitches). I’m not sure it’s right or fair to exclude Boreham Wood from the list of contenders on the basis they are not one of bigger ex-league clubs.

As for their name, I’ve wondered that myself. From a quick Google, it seems the town has a somewhat confused history as to what its name actually is:

https://www.borehamwoodtimes.c.....-became-borehamwood/

It depends whether you believe Barrow & Sutton won the division because they were great (which they were) or because the “bigger” clubs with the tools to succeed failed (which they did).

But I stand by what I said. I would rather find ourselves in a potential 2 horse race in spring 2022 with Boreham Wood than with Chesterfield who might spaff a load of money on new players before the transfer deadline in March.

If we finish behind a club like Boteham Wood it will be our own faults because we have the tools at our disposal to not let that happen. We can’t say the same about the clubs with big budgets.

Sounds like there’s a lot of bad feeling between the clubs!

http://www.thecfss.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=68494&st=0#

Whilst on can you make it snow on Xmas day.

Quoted from Les Brechin

If we were down here last season, I could just see this thread but substitute Sutton United for Boreham Wood!  

Yes. And as much as Sutton United won the National League last season by 4 points you can’t argue that Torquay threw the chance of the title away by drawing their final 4 league games and only winning 3 of their final 8 games. Titles are won & lost.