Boss John Askey says his Truro City side go into tomorrow’s National League South match against Salisbury in confident mood.

The Tinners picked up an eye-catching and thoroughly deserved 2-1 win at Maidstone United last time out while at the same time, Salisbury were doing likewise after lowering the colours of Slough Town by a single goal.

The Whites, who reformed nine years ago after the previous Salisbury incarnation was liquidated, were Southern League play-off winners back in May.

And they have made a solid start to life at Step Two with a credible draw at Hemel Hempstead on the opening day, before the aforementioned triumph over Scott Davies’ Rebels.

“Salisbury have started the season well and are undefeated” Askey told trurocity.co.uk. “I’m sure they would have taken that from two games and they will be confident.

“But after we went to Maidstone and got a result, our players are going to be confident too and I am looking forward to a good game.

“The result against Maidstone is just what we needed and it has really got us going. If you can go to Maidstone and get a result then whoever we play, if we are at it, we are more than capable of competing with anyone in the league.

“That is where our confidence should come from, but we don’t want to get carried away at this early stage in the season.

If we apply to same attitude against Salisbury and get a result then that’s great, but if we don’t we go onto the next one.

“We know that every game at this level is tough so we will be on our guard at Salisbury, to ensure we aren’t caught cold, just because we beat Maidstone.”

Askey revealed that a late decision will be made on the fitness of striker Andrew Neal (pictured below), who missed the trip to Kent through illness.

The Tinners chief also says that his side have a virtually clean bill of health apart from Neal, after the weekend, despite the game being played out in sweltering heat and on an artificial surface.

“Rocky has been ill and we will have to see how he is,” he added. “Normally bugs like that last two or three days so we will decide on his involvement.

“Other than Rocky, we came out of Maidstone in good shape which is a relief because the conditions were difficult. It was red hot and we were worried that someone might pick up an injury on their artificial surface.

“We have come through it OK and it is how we recover now and prepare for Salisbury more than anything else.”