Interestingly, the FWP prediction table has us finishing at 15th - on only 54 points, but
17 points away from relegation!
And Dorking go down in 23rd, with just 33 points! Also relegated are Altincham (35) and S****horpe (33), with poor old Halifax bottom on just 20 (1 win - away! - and 17 draws) Aldershot and Torquay just survive a squeaky bum season.
At the other end, Wrexham are Champions - no surprise, but the top 4 are all on over 100 points!
Very early days, of course, and I'd be surprised if this ends up reflecting the true end of season table, but FWP's track record is pretty good. The really odd thing is the spread of points - with the top 4 on twice the points of teams in the lower mid-table (us), and safety is just 36 points! That's way less than a point a game - which would almost certainly get you relegated in most seasons.
If there is anything in these predictions, it shows just how extreme the differences in clubs are in the NL this season. Promotion will be fought out between just the four 'big' clubs (Wrexham, Notts County, Solihul and Chesterfied), with three other clubs (BW, Wealdstone and Barnet) making up the numbers, but with no real chance of going up.
The rest of the league virtually operates as a seperate division, with 9 or 10 clubs fighting over mid-table finishes (including us) and 7 or 8 clubs desperately trying to avoid relegation - with Halifax pretty much doomed.
None of this will come as a surprise to most of us, with clubs like Wrexham, Notts County and Chesterfield in the league, but the extent of the difference between top and middle (and middle and bottom) is still more than I had expected. This is a VERY strange league.