A couple of non league snippets

[3spirit]

Chippenham have signed Salisbury's top scorer Luke Hopper, while ex Bath City striker Nick McCootie has left Chippenham to sign for Weston Super Mare.

[Shredding Green]

5 hours ago, 3spirit said:

I like Gary McCann as a manager but think he has his work cut out this year to keep Hampton out of the relegation positions. Initially I think they will do ok but I see them struggling come the end of the season,if they can not afford to strengthen come January.

I wrote down my guessimate on what I think the table will look like come the end of the season but obviously it will change,as signings are announced,squads are sorted and pre-season starts. Currently I have Havant,Bath, Welling,Hemel, Dartford,Maidstone and Billericay as the top seven[in that order], followed in 8th by Chelmsford,9th Dulwich,10th Slough, 11th Chippenham,12th St Albans, 13th Eastbourne, 14th Dorking, 15th Oxford City, 16th Braintree, 17th Wealdstone, 18th Hampton, 19th Weymouth, and the bottom three of 20th Hungerford, 21st Concord and 22nd Tonbridge.

What do others think?   

Shredding Green expects Maidstone United to walk it.

[Curtis]

Despite some clubs throwing money around I think the top seven will likely be those averaging attendances over 1,000....

Maidstone, Dulwich, Havant, Bath, Dartford, Billericay & Weymouth.

[GlenSTFC]

Maidstone and Dulwich for sure (more likely 2,000+) but the other 5 will all be dependent on if they’re challenging the top. I hope we can at least break the 800 average this season.

[Reading Rebel]

9 hours ago, Shredding Green said:

Shredding Green expects Maidstone United to walk it.

Very possible but like a few sides they have had a massive rebuild after the disastrous season they've just had. 

[GlenSTFC]

According to Billericay’s Twitter, Billy is ‘in talks’ at the moment. I was under the impression he was still in contract? Maybe ‘in talks’ mean discussing reducing/ending/extending his contract.

[3spirit]

12 hours ago, Shredding Green said:

Shredding Green expects Maidstone United to walk it.

.........but is that because you're a man of Kent or is it a Kentish man? ?

[3spirit]

3 hours ago, Reading Rebel said:

Very possible but like a few sides they have had a massive rebuild after the disastrous season they've just had. 

Having John Still as director of football will certainly help, too.

[Reading Rebel]

7 hours ago, GlenSTFC said:

According to Billericay’s Twitter, Billy is ‘in talks’ at the moment. I was under the impression he was still in contract? Maybe ‘in talks’ mean discussing reducing/ending/extending his contract.

It does sound like his contract has expired and talks of a possible extension are taking place.

With only Billy and Nathan Minhas 'in talks' and a rather ambiguous twitter statement saying that there is likely to be 1 or 2 additions and possibly 1 or 2 departures does seem to leave things in the balance.

 

[Rebel Wokingham]

Bakes is really good at coming on here and quashing rumours. Billy has been spoken about a lot since the end of the season and he has not ruled it out yet. Coupled with the brief conversation a few of us had with Billy in the bar at Truro, I’m hopeful. ??

[GlenSTFC]

In fairness I’ve not seen much of Billy so can others who have comment on his value to our squad? It seems we’ll only sign one more player so with trialists looking to impress plus other players we may have had an eye on becoming available throughout pre-season, i wonder if Billy was available right now if we’d sign him or bide our time a little?

[Shredding Green]

7 hours ago, 3spirit said:

.........but is that because you're a man of Kent or is it a Kentish man? ?

I am a Man of Kent as I was born to the south of the River Medway. But I don't think that that will have too much weight on Maidstone United's fantastic season.

[Neil Baker]

As mentioned previously Billy is on contract at Billericay for another year, and signed when they went full time, so hopefully you can deduce why he may not be making any decisions on his future at this stage.

We spoke with him at the end of the season, and like him as a player and lad, however for him to rejoin the club a lot of things would have to fall into place, not saying it will or won’t happen at this stage as genuinely do not know.

We probably have space for one more in the squad, we have one possibly two coming in on trial, and have another potential option, but we are quite happy where we are at this stage, and if something happens before pre season I would be surprised, also quite relaxed on if that extra player comes from a trialist during pre season, or even after the season has started.

 

[Rebel Wokingham]

8 minutes ago, Neil Baker said:

As mentioned previously Billy is on contract at Billericay for another year, and signed when they went full time, so hopefully you can deduce why he may not be making any decisions on his future at this stage.

We spoke with him at the end of the season, and like him as a player and lad, however for him to rejoin the club a lot of things would have to fall into place, not saying it will or won’t happen at this stage as genuinely do not know.

We probably have space for one more in the squad, we have one possibly two coming in on trial, and have another potential option, but we are quite happy where we are at this stage, and if something happens before pre season I would be surprised, also quite relaxed on if that extra player comes from a trialist during pre season, or even after the season has started.

 

Thanks Neil. ??

[Rebel Wokingham]

26 minutes ago, GlenSTFC said:

In fairness I’ve not seen much of Billy so can others who have comment on his value to our squad? It seems we’ll only sign one more player so with trialists looking to impress plus other players we may have had an eye on becoming available throughout pre-season, i wonder if Billy was available right now if we’d sign him or bide our time a little?

You should try and watch a few games next season Glen, it’s a good way to spend an afternoon ?

[Reading Rebel]

So Billy Clifford has another year left on his contract it does seem a bit strange that he is 'in talks' for next season.

Unless of course there are clauses in his contract that allow the terms to be adjusted. 

Edited June 15, 2019 by Reading Rebel

[Reeeebbbbeeeelllllls]

30 minutes ago, GlenSTFC said:

In fairness I’ve not seen much of Billy so can others who have comment on his value to our squad? It seems we’ll only sign one more player so with trialists looking to impress plus other players we may have had an eye on becoming available throughout pre-season, i wonder if Billy was available right now if we’d sign him or bide our time a little?

What you haven’t seen him play in a slough game?

[Neil Baker]

1 minute ago, Reading Rebel said:

If Billy Clifford has another year left on his contract it does seem a bit strange that he is 'in talks' for next season.

Unless of course there are clauses in his contract that allow the terms to be adjusted. 

RR there is no IF Billy Clifford has another year, he does...

[Reeeebbbbeeeelllllls]

If you haven’t (which is odd) then the   answer to your question is ‘yes’  he’d be a great permanent addition to the squad  for the coming season.

[GlenSTFC]

2 minutes ago, Craig lejeune said:

What you haven’t seen him play in a slough game?

No it means what I wrote... I’ve not seen him play that many games for Slough. So I was asking other fans who had seen more to give their opinion?

9 minutes ago, rebelsry said:

You should try and watch a few games next season Glen, it’s a good way to spend an afternoon ?

Hey I’d love to watch every game home and away but family and other commitments get in the way sometimes!