Day 35

The second match of the season is tomorrow. We're at 13-8 according to the bookies, while our opponents Barrow are favoured to win 6-4. I have faith my boys can pick up where they left off in the previous game.

And I said as much in the pre-match press conference, where I was also asked about my rotation policy—which is kind of ridiculous, since we're just one game into the season. The only starting player from the Telford match that looks a chance to sit out is Chris Shuker, who's still struggling to with fitness after joining late in the pre-season.

Koroma re-joined us on trial. I'll take control of the Reserves friendly match on Wednesday (two days from now), and see if I can make a decision between him and Fernández (or neither).

While I was thinking about friendlies, I realised that the Under 18s start their season in five days, and they haven't had a proper warm-up game. I scheduled one for tomorrow.