It's often the case that clubs have to sell their best players to survive and look for promising new players.
Promoted Notts Co sold off their strike force of Jatta and Dennis and replaced them at lower cost. Acqua who was on loan to Harrogate last season and Luka Smyth from Finish side VPS.

over 2.5 is 11/10 on here. walsall win at 11/5 given the above looks tempting

Thanks Dixie Walsall and overs was a great start in this league.

a few shocks about - didn’t see Newport beating Rochdale 3-0 or York beating Bristol Rovers. Early days mind so expect the unexpected.

I like Barnet at  Shrewsbury this weekend. Their away record last season was really good securing 40 points with 11 wins and 7 draws and they got off to a good start beating ante post favs Salford. Shrews have poor home form with 14 losses and only 4 wins last season and lost the opening game to last year relegation threatened Tranmere. 9/10 looks a solid bet.

Ive doubled them with Swindon who i think will beat Cheltenham with a broadly similar logic to the above other than Swindon are at home and price of around 10/11.

Nice double for you this week Dragon

Colchester registered their first win with an own goal in the 94th minute against Oldham, who probably deserved a point after playing the whole of the second half with just ten men after a sending off in first half stoppage time when they were leading one nil.

The Gills drew 0-0 at Fleetwood, quite a decent game despite no goals. Gills are cursed at the moment as just like last week they hit the woodwork twice and just cannot get the ball in the net . The home side also hit the post but despite having 17 attempts at goal, none of them were on target, quite an achievement

This division really is wide open, AP favourites Salford have lost two out of two after a home defeat to Chesterfield today. It's all a real puzzle

some interesting fixtures in League 2 this weekend with a few surprising prices knocking about.

i am backing BARNET (1.62) again this weekend at home to Cheltenham. Barnet 2/2 so far this season and won their last game 3-1 v ante post faves Salford 3-1. Their home form last season was solid with 10 wins and 6 draws. Cheltenham were very poor on the road last season with 12 losses and 6 draws and already lost their first away game to Swindon 2-1. its bit of a short price but i think Barnet will win.

The other game i like in this division is COLCHESTER at a healthy 7/5. Colu were solid at home last season with the identical home form as Barnet. they beat Oldham 2-1 in their first home game and play Rochdale who are struggling already in the higher league with 2 losses v teams that struggled last season Newport (3-0) and and Crawley (1-2).

I have had 2 singles and a double.

I was surprised that Swindon were 3/1 away at Oldham and Crewe are 11/5 at Port Vale. Crewe won 2/2 PV 1 point in 6. Watching brief on them but i think the prices are incorrect.

Grimsby v Fleetwood looks like unders (1.82) in the Fisherman s derby and Crawley looks like overs v Bristol Rovers (1.93)

I'm pleased by Barnet's early form as they were my preseason pick to win this league. I think they should win well again although the price is a bit slender. Rochdale's poor results are surprising and I don't see any adverse transfer activity over the summer.
https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/teams/uk/rochdale/transfers
Watching brief on that one.
I like Gills v Northampton for unders, currently 1.82

Northampton haven't even looked like scoring in the first 2.
A 0-0 would be a result for us. Booed off at Crewe last week, going to be a long season.

Well both teams managed a goal each at Priestfield - Gills scored one from two shots on target, Northampton had one shot on target and it went in.
So not a thriller (as expected).

Four goals at Grimsby in a 2-2 draw, so unders scuppered there for Dragon, along with Salford losing again and Barnet drawing. But at least Gills obliged for unders and Colchester saw off Rochdale. so probably even stevens on the betting front for Dragon. Foin successfully tipped unders in the Gills game as well.

This league is proving very hard to predict as it was last year. Who would have thought Salford the AP favs would have lost their first three ?

yes broadly the same here foin, don’t really get going until 5/6 games completed.

disappointing weekend in this division for me overall as expected more from salford and barnet. colu obliged and overs did ok

full set of fixtures tonight with nothing i am interested in - watching brief tonight.

swindon v port vale looks like an unders game at evens with both teams only netting 3 goals between them in 3 games so far

I wouldn't be confident about backing any of those odds on shots apart from Bristol Rovers and even they have a tough game against Colchester.

Salford have lost 3 out of 3 and even though they are at home against one of the relegation favs in Newport i couldn't go near them at 4/7 or similar.

Northampton have only scored one goal so far and opponents Crawley won away at Rochdale a couple of weeks back after an unlucky last gasp defeat against Crewe. They were second best against Bristol Rovers on Saturday but overall i'm struggling to see why Northampton are so short in the betting for this one. They may well win but have to be swerved  at odds on.

The Gills away at Chesterfield is an interesting match. The home side haven't looked anything special and have lost 2 out of 3 including their only home game to Fleetwood.
Gills have only scored one goal in their first three games but have created chances and have hit the woodwork five times so far. At the odds , Gills at a general 9/2 look worth chancing a shekel or two.

Elsewhere, Cheltenham looked pretty good at Barnet on Saturday as Foin said above. Odds of approx 5/2 at home against York look a tad generous and on value terms alone are tempting.

well done on cheltenham DD great price that

Happy to city my main ante post post bet Bristol Rovers go top of the table

Cheltenham home to unbeaten Grimsby next (3 draws) which will be interesting -should be goals in it

Walsall,s away form is pretty solid for most of last season and at the start of this and i fancy them to get something at Exeter. away win is 15/8.

Bristol Rovers 1.70  should be to good for Rotherham and Fleetwood shd beat Shrewsbury at around evens.

Only Fleetwood obliged for me today, York could only draw and Newport lost to a late goal yet again. Gills scoring 4 was a surprise, an easy win for a change. Bristol Rovers are starting to look like a banker now with 4 wins in a row.

Bristol Rovers are on a roll, it was a close game today, Rotherham hit the bar late on so could have grabbed a point. Two away games for Rovers against Grimsby and Gills coming up next, so we may have a clearer picture of how the land lies in this topsy turvy league then.

It was indeed a pleasant surprise to see the Gills bag a few goals today but as i have said previously they have created chances in previous games but a combination of poor finishing and the woodwork denied them, not so today Hopefully the tide has turned for them.

Salford nicked another win following their late comeback in midweek, but it was courtesy of a goalkeeping howler by the Port Vale "stopper"
They haven't been very impressive so far and don't really look like favs to win the league but it is still early doors of course.

I'm considering backing Walsall and Cheltenham, the Dragon and agree that most games look difficult this week. Those two I mentioned are odds against and are playing teams which have had a poor start to the season.

Cheltenham are certainly being underestimated by the bookies at the moment, they will cotton on soon.

The Gills obliged today as well at 8/5 odds, 2-0 against Tranmere. They are starting to find the net now, hopefully this will continue for us Gills fans
They face Bristol Rovers next weekend, who got a reality check at Grimsby today and will be looking to bounce back. Steve Evans returning to one of his former clubs, something of course that he is quite used to doing

Swindon getting trounced by York was a bit surprising, but just shows the unpredictable nature of this division.

yes i  like Grimsby too Foin and have backed them also hoping Walsall can get something at home to Port Vale.

i also agree with your Crewe selection

walsall 1 up at ht

2-0
They were fairly evenly matched during the first half apart from the goal but Walsall dominated the second with much more possession even though the second goal came late on. Port Vale had some chances but never looked like converting any, only one shot on target as I remember.