Town 'not a million miles away' from competing at top of the National League, says McGrath

Town have won four, lost four and drawn one in their opening nine league games and are two points adrift of the play-off places going into Saturday's game at Worthing.

"I don't think we're a million miles away, having looked at the league for the last nine games," McGrath said.

"We're not a million miles away from competing at the top end.

"The result against, who I think will be the league winners, Boreham Wood, the game changer was Abdulmalik, and anyone who goes for £1.5m from our league is a talented, talented boy.

"We need the addition of one or two more, I think we're a bit light up-front, we probably need a centre-forward to help Conor and Morgs out.

"But it's finding the right one. We've been specific in our recruitment, we've been really astute with our signings.

"Will Flint, Max Bardell and Tayt Trusty have all been under-the-radar signings but all have done really well.

"Conor Carty coming in from Ireland, a bit of an unknown here, but we were astute with it and we'll continue to be so."

McGrath added: "Saturday (against Sutton), we didn't get out of the blocks for the first 45, Hornchurch we were poor for the first 10, 15 but we caught fire then.

"Whilst we're not playing well, it's important to keep clean sheets and keep staying level because we will always come good.

"That again comes down to consistency."

When asked what he feels are the main areas of improvement for his side, McGrath said: "Keeping leads in the 94th minute would help!

"I think it comes back to consistency.

"If you look back at the Aldershot and Altrincham games, they were two poor performances, but we have performed and done really well.

"They're a young group, they are getting better every training session, every day, every game.

"It's just keeping on being consistent."