Quote Originally Posted by queenslandpie View Post
We haven't ( in my opinion) actually played anyone we should consider testing yet i.e. Bradford, Doncaster, MK Dons the bigger teams with bigger budgets some of which will surely challenge. So of course it will be best to judge in a few months but a very solid start with some challenging weeks for selections.
Good point. We also had a relatively kind start last season, so we had plenty of points already in the bank when we met the likes of Mansfield, Wrexham, etc, and suddenly realised we had zero strength in depth and had a NL defence and goalkeeper.

The difference this season, I think, is we have more strength in depth (McDonald and Ness haven’t even been in the squad yet, and Gordon has barely featured), as shown by our ability to handle the absence of JJ, Dan and AJ on Saturday. Time will tell, of course, but we’ll definitely have a better idea after the next two games away at Bromley (where we’ve never won) and at home to Gillingham.