CRAIG HARRISON believes Connah's Quay Nomads will be a nightmare for opposition if they reproduce their display against Aberystwyth Town on a regular basis.

Nomads climbed to the top of the table on Wednesday night as a John Disney penalty and a second goal in as many games for Aeron Edwards secured a 2-0 home win.

In truth, that was only part of the story as Nomads went close to extending their lead on numerous occasions, Aber stopper Connor Roberts and some loose final passes preventing a more comfortable evening for Andy Morrison's men.

"We will be tough for anyone to live with if we play like we did against Aberystwyth," said Nomads' assistant Harrison.

"We started really well and created chance after chance.

"Up until the final third I thought we played fantastically - we passed the ball well, we made good decisions and it's only a small disappointment that it was only two.

"But to come away with 'only' two goals as a disappointment is a luxury, so we are happy, very, very happy and hopefully we are saving more goals for Druids.

"If we play like that we will be in a great position to do well in the game at the weekend.

"It was just that final third. We've had double-figure chances, probably five really good chances and five half-chances.

"Connor Roberts has made some fantastic saves, but we haven't worked him as much as we'd like to."

Such was Nomads' dominance, Priestley Farquharson abandoning his defensive duties to spend 80 minutes up top alongside Craig Curran.

"He offers a bit of physicality," said Harrison of Farquharson's in-game switch. "Wildey (Michael Wilde) has been missing for a little bit and Priestley has done really well up there. He holds the ball up and causes problems.

"He can play at the back, he can play in midfield - he's played right-back and left midfield - and he's done a great job wherever he's played."

Next-up for Nomads is a trip to Cefn Druids, who sit rock-bottom having picked up just one point from their opening four games.

Nomads didn't win the title last season by taking teams - whatever their league position - for granted, however.

"We've got to make sure we worry about ourselves," said Harrison. "We have respect for them, like every team and whether it's Cefn Druids or TNS, because if you stop doing that you get bitten on the backside."

On being top of the table, Harrison added: "It's early on in the season and we've just got to make sure we look after ourselves."

While Nomads go into the game in fine form, Druids welcome the reigning champions on the back of a 4-1 defeat at Newtown.

But assistant head coach Jayson Starkey insisted: “We are looking forward to welcoming Connah’s Quay to The Rock. There’s no point us dwelling on what happened against Newtown, there’s no point crying over spilt milk.

“The games come thick and fast at the moment and the next one always presents a chance for us to get three points.”

Starkey is not under-estimating the challenge that Nomads present, however, continuing: “They are champions for a reason and that’s because they’ve got quality throughout their squad.

“They often get labelled a long-ball team, but they can play some good football. They’ve got the quality to go short and play some good stuff and then when it’s needed they go longer.”

Druids have a current weakness from set-pieces at the moment, and Starkey knows that Nomads are as good as any team in the top-flight at exploiting frailties.

“We will be working hard on things we need to improve on,” said Starkey. “But ultimately, once the players cross that white line they have to take some accountability and ownership of what they are doing.

“Connah’s Quay will have seen footage of us and we need to make sure that they don’t exploit any weaknesses we have.”

Druids will be without Phil Mooney and Cody Ruberto for the clash with Nomads, but Joe Faux, Naim Arsan, pictured right, and Sam Phillips are set to be included.

Bala, who saw their game with The New Saints abandoned with the score at 2-2 and just three minutes remaining, host Haverfordwest County tomorrow.

New signing Liam Davies could be included in the Bala squad after the former Chester midfielder signed a deal earlier this week.

On Liam, brother of Everton midfielder Tom, Bala boss Colin Caton said: “It’s great to have him onboard. He’s got good quality, and good delivery on set-plays, so we’ll be looking forward to him fighting for a place like the rest of the squad”