Will we or won't we?

8 Games played so far for Bignot and 2 wins, 2 draws, 4 defeats = 8 points from 8 games.
Prior to that we have played 11 games and gained 8 points.

On paper it doesn't look like a lot has changed but some of the fixtures Bignot has had i feel for him. Tranmere, Maidstone, Eastleigh away is not easy, home to Woking and Boreham Wood are tricky games but we were still finding our feet at that stage, we still are now as its going to take a while to get rid of the McCarthy stench and get the players up to speed with the extra training.

The last few games have seen better performances, but we are struggling to get the results. Last minute v Barrow was superb, unlucky to go to Maidstone and get done 96th minute, then better side against a Wrexham side who had one shot and scored and finally the draw at Eastleigh where we should have won. Mixed bag.

Things are improving but it will take time and we could do with a couple more players and get rid of the dross, but once again it will take time. Bignot is most certainly the guy for the job and that has been a marked improvement with this bunch and we are only 1 point from safety.

We have some not to shabby fixtures coming up, Bromley away will be tough but following that we have Orient away who are struggling, Daggers at home who are nowhere near hitting the heights of last season and have had a few poor results of late, then we Halifax, Guiseley twice, Solihull and Hartlepool, all very winnable fixtures.

And still we’re getting a point a game,sorry but like the late Bruce said points make prizes.

You will not be relegated. 

I've been following FootballWebPages all season, particularly their predicted final table. Today they have us finishing 23rd with 30 points and only one more win the season (Guiseley {h}). They've actually been quite generous to us predicting the Dagenham game to end 1-1. They have Halifax 5th from bottom with 42 points, which is interesting. It's worth looking at. I see us either drawing or losing next Saturday as we're developing a bit of a losing streak v Solihull. All very depressing. I'm spending 3 weeks in Glasgow over Christmas, so when I return for the Gateshead match it could be clearer which league we'll be in next season, although I'm convinced we'll be playing Altrincham again next season.

Anything is possible. Btw do you think we'll survive?

In our case that's very accurate, although it has Orient safe which suggests your theory is wrong.

I think it is far more likely that we will survive than 4 teams will finish with 36 points or fewer. However I do think we have to have a major upturn in form to get there. It does at least look like there are 8 teams in the mix.

We should have gone down last season and our awful board totally failed to recognise that.

Rather than taking proactive steps to address the problem (like we all begged for) they chose more of the same for this season and then found themselves making the changes on the backfoot when the damage was done.

We don't just look a bottom 4 side now, we look a bottom of the table side. I want the best for this club but the fact there continues to be no accountability is shameful.

Very sad but good accurate points made above.
Agreed next weeks game against Solihull Moors is massive. A win would give us a boost going into the xmas programme of games. A defeat would be disastrous and you can’t see us staying up if we loose next Saturday

The team's around us will get reinforcement in January. We have £2000 . I don't care if we stay up or go down. We need a new board who have the heart beat of the fans.

If I'm right in thinking that our new manager apply for the job. He had full understanding of our finances and the players we have. So don't tell me he isn't getting a fair crack. He has and is. This is his team. He needs to coach them, manage them and start winning some games. He doesn't have the skills and the board should of seen this.

I am not saying it is easy. But what I am saying is that is probably a lot harder than he thought. He started saving we need to go full time. How is that working for us. He's probably working out he doesn't have the contacts to get the players we need. The board would of hired someone to keep us up. We need a new board.

Yep, hard to argue with that. I sense the level of criticism directed towards Bignot will probably increase should we lose on Saturday, a day where we could climb our of the bottom four or end it bottom of the table so tight has it become in the bottom five. Outside of that group the only side I can really see offering us any potential salvation are Halifax, on a dreadful run and I don’t think with the sort of resources to buy their way out of trouble (not in the way that Eastleigh etc probably can anyway). They’ve still got a fair cushion at the moment, but a win for us there just before Christmas would suck them into it and I guess they would have to then look at whether to make a managerial change.

There’s some good opportunities for us to pick up points in the coming weeks, but a failure to do so doesn’t bear thinking about.

If he does, who do we get to hold the boards hand then?

I'm more in the camp that we need an MM type figure to keep us in one piece. There appears to be very little leadership on our board. I fear we'd just crumble without a "professional" holding their hand. On the plus side the Board would then need to communicate themselves.

We could do with a Durkin or Ollerenshaw type on there.