HUW GRIFFITHS would love Connah’s Quay Nomads to end The New Saints’ dominance of the top-flight - and he has a chance to help Andy Morrison’s men on their way on Friday night.

Griffiths’ Caernarfon Town entertain The New Saints, who are four points behind table-topping Nomads with six games of the season remaining.

“I would love Connah’s Quay to win the league,” said Griffiths, who swapped life in the bottom six with Cefn Druids for a shot at the Europa League at The Oval.

“It would be great, not just for Welsh football, but for Andy, who is the best thing to happen to Welsh football in a long time.”

Morrison and Griffiths are good friends, the former tweeting his congratulations after the latter had overseen a 4-0 Welsh Cup victory for Caernarfon against Druids last month.

“Delighted for my big mate Huw Griff, 4-0, universe always works things out,” Morrison wrote.

And the respect is mutual with Griffiths defending Nomads’ style of play, which often comes in for criticism from those outside of the Deeside Stadium.

“People have criticised his style, but is this the way we should all play given the success he’s had?” said Griffiths. “I actually thought Nomads outplayed TNS the last time they met. Nomads carried and ran with the ball better.”

Saints head to Caernarfon this evening on the back of a four-match winless run in the league, Scott Ruscoe’s men kicking off the second phase with two points from a possible 12.

“The league is sometimes won by 15 or 20 points and this time it is going to go down to the wire, which makes it interesting for the neutral,” said Ruscoe, who saw his side squander a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Barry Town United last week.

Nomads were also held 2-2 as Saints missed the chance to close the gap at the top, Morrison insisting that all six of his side’s remaining games - starting at home to Newtown on Friday night - are cup finals.

He said: “At the moment we are still four points clear and it’s a great position to be in, I’d rather be four points clear than four points behind. We’ve got two home games coming up against Newtown and Barry, which are going to be tough, but we are in a really good, healthy position.”

Newtown head to Flintshire in sixth position and having lost 3-1 at the Deeside Stadium on their last visit, but Morrison knows it won’t be a straightforward three points.

“Every single game is going to be tough,” he said. “Every game is going to be about dealing with the pressures and emotions.

“We have a way of doing things and we just have to stick to that and trust the process.”

Striker Michael Wilde will hit 300 top-flight starts if named in Nomads’ XI, while midfielder Jay Owen needs one more appearance for 100 at the Flintshire club.

Colin Caton insists that Bala Town are “over the moon” to be in third place in the table.

But there’s also a feeling of ‘what if’ with Bala just seven points off top spot, despite losing seven games this season.

Bala boss Caton, pictured, said: “We’re over the moon to be where we are, but we deserve to be where we are. If we hadn’t of lose silly games we could be in a better position.

“TNS have come here and Connah’s Quay have come here and we’ve taken points off both of them, so it’s important that we go to Barry, who will cause us different problems, and perform.

“It’s a good top-six and it’s interesting.”

A 2-2 draw with leaders Connah’s Quay Nomads showed that Bala are a force to be reckoned with.

Next-up for Bala is a trip to Jenner Park on Saturday to face Barry Town United, who are a place and seven points behind the Lakesiders with a game in-hand.

“The quality of the top-six is really good at the moment, and we always have difficult games against Barry,” said Kieran Smith, who scored his first goal of the season against Nomads to salvage a point for the hosts.

“To go down there is going to be tough, but we will be looking to get three points if we can and try to secure European football as soon as possible.”