Our first away fixture of the season sees us travel to the outskirts of Birmingham and our second ever visit to Damson Park, home of Solihull Moors.
Last year's visit was memorable only because it was the game when Ron Martin decided it might be a good idea to go down to have a chat with our travelling fans, mid game, as they'd been chanting for his resignation. The stewards and police decided this wasn't such a great idea and escorted him back to the stands!
The 2-0 defeat was the 7th game of a winless run following the opening day win, Phil Brown's last away game as manager and a throughly miserable experience all round!
There will be a maximum of 3 survivors from the matchday 15 involved this Saturday (Arnold, Hobson, Bridge) which again underscores the turnaround in the squad since the 3 Amigos took over.
Neal Ardley's team has done a decent bit of business over the summer, they lost the striker who scored against us for Boreham Wood on Saturday, but replaced him with Josh Kelly, the striker we were also trying to sign over the summer. They've picked up a couple of defensive midfielders from Oldham and Daggers and also a veteran left back by the name of Ben Coker.
They finished last season in third place, eventually losing the play-off final to Grimsby after extra time, and last Saturday's opening day 4-1 win at Mark Molesley's Aldershot (with Coker scoring the 4th goal) would seem to indicate that they'll be a force to be reckoned with again this season.
Pages have already been written about our disappointing opening day defeat, and so thoughts will turn naturally now to how we bounce back in what will be probably one of the most tricky away fixtures this season. The full extent of Jake Hyde's hamstring injury is yet to be disclosed so I've included him in the squad, however it seems unlikely that he'll be available. At the time of writing that leaves Chris Wreh as our only fit out and out striker which surely won't be the case come Saturday (hence leaving the dots in the squad list).
Jason Demetriou sits out this game and Tuesday's visit to Halifax so again it looks like the back 5 may pick itself, unless Lomas is now fit enough to start and Kev fancies shuffling the pack.
So who would you choose to start our first away game of the season, and what do you predict the result will be?
Last year's visit was memorable only because it was the game when Ron Martin decided it might be a good idea to go down to have a chat with our travelling fans, mid game, as they'd been chanting for his resignation. The stewards and police decided this wasn't such a great idea and escorted him back to the stands!
The 2-0 defeat was the 7th game of a winless run following the opening day win, Phil Brown's last away game as manager and a throughly miserable experience all round!
There will be a maximum of 3 survivors from the matchday 15 involved this Saturday (Arnold, Hobson, Bridge) which again underscores the turnaround in the squad since the 3 Amigos took over.
Neal Ardley's team has done a decent bit of business over the summer, they lost the striker who scored against us for Boreham Wood on Saturday, but replaced him with Josh Kelly, the striker we were also trying to sign over the summer. They've picked up a couple of defensive midfielders from Oldham and Daggers and also a veteran left back by the name of Ben Coker.
They finished last season in third place, eventually losing the play-off final to Grimsby after extra time, and last Saturday's opening day 4-1 win at Mark Molesley's Aldershot (with Coker scoring the 4th goal) would seem to indicate that they'll be a force to be reckoned with again this season.
Pages have already been written about our disappointing opening day defeat, and so thoughts will turn naturally now to how we bounce back in what will be probably one of the most tricky away fixtures this season. The full extent of Jake Hyde's hamstring injury is yet to be disclosed so I've included him in the squad, however it seems unlikely that he'll be available. At the time of writing that leaves Chris Wreh as our only fit out and out striker which surely won't be the case come Saturday (hence leaving the dots in the squad list).
Jason Demetriou sits out this game and Tuesday's visit to Halifax so again it looks like the back 5 may pick itself, unless Lomas is now fit enough to start and Kev fancies shuffling the pack.
So who would you choose to start our first away game of the season, and what do you predict the result will be?
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