The real threat Solihull Moors

Pre-season is more about fitness than results. They will struggle.

They've also had to cut their budget, which gifted us Harry White, and have predominantly recruited from lower leagues which is a bit of a risk. They will struggle.

Walsall and Port Vale will be tougher tests and the performance of the team will be scrutinised more, by me and many others.

Has anyone actually seen Hylton kick a football before brandishing him the next Pele?

That will be the Jermaine Hylton who scored 1 goal in 39 appearances for Swindon (including subs). Before that he scored quite a few for Redditch United in the Southern Premier. He may be a revelation, but maybe not.

Now now Danny boy. No need to join the band of disciples hell bent on defending the Messiah that is Macca? Surely Tarvinblue is entitled to an opinion. In the sureness of time results will be the judge of opinions. 

I was quite positive over the off the season but I tell it how I see it - positive or negative. The second half of last season was an utter disgrace but I was willing to draw a line under it after the signings we made - read some recent posts and you will see that. I even renewed my season ticket! Unfortunately, it is blatantly obvious that JM has learned absolutely nothing from last season from what has been seen already. Better squad - same failings. I admire you banging the drum and generating positivity (you have yet to have been dragged down by the many years of suffering Chester fans have been through) but you also need to see it for what is it sometimes. JM is trying to control the media and the fans with his 'shout down the negative' rambles. What he needs to realise is that if he wins games of football, no one will be negative - including me.

Suspect your idea of a fresh start is not getting on the manager and players' backs until the first misplaced pass. You're depressing me already and it's still two weeks to the start of the season. Already banging on about 'same failings'. At least if he wins every game you've said you will be more positive....suppose that's a a start. 

He should have been sacked last season. For whatever reason he wasn't. Unfortunately, his latest interview shows no sign of humility or taking responsibility. Therefore it won't take long for the wounds of last season to re-open as people who were willing to give him a chance, such as myself, are already questioning him. Both he and the club should be perfectly aware of that, no matter how much they try to control the media and certain fans. Surely Maguire knows that the decent work he's done over the summer could be ruined by this bumbling fool. Time will tell and I dearly hope it's just that the players aren't giving 100% at this stage.

We're all on here because we're Chester fans. Anyone wearing the blue and white gets my support and like every season before some of them will be found wanting. Including, potentially, the manager. However it's a clean bill of health I will give them all and will be judging them by this seasons performances and not last years.

If we'd won something last season and then kept losing this we wouldn't be saying it's OK, so whatever we do this season judgement will be just on this season.

Maguire doesn't decide McCarthy's future. The CFU board do.

I didn't go, but yes the ref was reported to have been a clown at theirs', but they did a good job on us a few days later at ours.

And at our place their bench was constantly getting on the ref's back, trying to make him make decisions in their favour.

That's what we need to do more of. Our manager was the ultimate cuck last season, both in his pre-match interviews and in his touchline style. Perhaps the presence of Tom Shaw will help in that regard judging by his reaction to the Tranmere dive at PP last term.