I get football is a moving feast and nailing an opinion/expectation at the beginning of the season is an odd (and pointless) concept, but how long would be way longer than we need to be with regards being in L2?

I always find the comparisons with Hardy quite funny too but I agree to a point with the January Transfer window comment, although recruiting in January is definitely harder, as cited.

I would not describe this January as dreadful. I simply think with a single, more experienced singing at the top end of the pitch, we would be in the Top 3. Whittaker and Traore were always going to be gambles in the short-term. Jarvis has a little more pedigree, but again can be described as a gamble.

I remember saying to my old man, during the Bromley game at home (25/01), that if the reported ?200k-300k for Crowley was true, I would have happily thrown a large chunk of that at Michael Cheek.

Filling in short term holes is not an exact science. Say you sign Cheek and you go up, can he play in L1? Probably not. If you do not go up, you have spent X on a guy who is 34 by the time the next season rolls round.

I was disappointed we did not add one more experienced forward in Jan, but ultimately, given how we have had our club owned in recent years, I could stomach it and still can now.

Is it all rosey at the minute? No.
Are we underachieving at home? Yes.
Are we still in contention to go up? Absolutely.
Could we go up automatically? Yes.

Are we overall an excellently run club with lots more positive than negatives? 100%.