SOLIHULL may be the only pointless team remaining in the National League, but Paul Cox does not expect an easy ride for Barrow AFC tonight.

The Moors have played only two games – after stadium issues saw their season-opener at home to Chester called off – and have lost them both, going down to Leyton Orient and then Boreham Wood.

But they are finally on home turf at Damson Park tonight, and Cox is aware that opposing manager Liam McDonald has assembled a big squad – with West Bromwich Albion striker Tahvon Campbell the latest to sign up, on loan until January – and will be looking to get off the mark as soon as possible.

“It’s the tightest league you will ever see, and I predict that come February in this league, you could be three places above relegation and still within touching distance of the play-offs this year,” said Cox, whose own side gained their first victory of the campaign in beating Woking 3-0 at Holker Street on Saturday.

“Everybody is very similar, and it seems to be there is a merry-go-round of players who have landed at other clubs. Teams are chucking resources at it, and the club we are going to have really pushed the boat out and got a very, very big squad.

“We’re going to go down and we’re going to approach it in the same way, and we’re going to try to take Saturday’s performance into Tuesday and try to win another game, which is very important to us.”

Barrow will have confidence from the win over Woking – where Jordan White scored a brace and Adi Yussuf his first goal for the club – with Cox seeking consistency going forward.

He does not want his team to get carried away on the back of a single win, and when asked if they could use the result against the Cards as something to build on, the AFC boss said: “As long as we don’t get too big, as long as we don’t stop doing what we have been. It was very simplistic on Saturday, and I asked for the basics to be done very well, I thought we did that and I thought the concentration levels throughout the team were excellent. We asked questions of a team who had got off to a half-decent start themselves this year.

“Saturday was a positive result, but consistency is key now.

“If you look back over the three games, we’ve only really played one half that has been really bad, and that was the first half at Dagenham. Second half there, we asked questions of a very, very good side. In the Halifax game, if we had scored one, then we probably should have scored two or three as the game opens up.

“Saturday, apart from a few little patches, I thought we were dominant, we looked the team who was playing on the front foot. That boils down to an understanding of roles and responsibilities, and the playing enjoying the game and enjoying their football.”

Speaking to the Moors website, McDonald admitted his team have failed to build on a strong pre-season, but is hopeful they can put it right against the Bluebirds.

He said: “We had a good pre-season but we have almost taken our foot off the gas, giving teams a bit too much respect we can't do that.

“We've got that home game coming up, I hope that the way our pitch is that gives us the incentive to push forward a bit quicker and in greater numbers.”