PAUL Hurst might allow himself a sneaky glance at the Conference table after the Aldershot game – but insists there's "a hell of a long way to go yet."
With comprehensive victories over Gateshead and Alfreton, confidence – and Town's league position – is on the rise.
Town currently sit eighth, unbeaten in their opening five games and are the league's joint top-scorers, with Barnet, on 14 goals.
Like many managers, Hurst hasn't paid too much attention to the table up to this point, but admitted he may see how things are shaping up after Saturday's trip to the Shots.
However, he believes that it won't be until after the game with current leaders Halifax – Town's tenth of the season – that anyone will be able to get an idea of how the season may pan out.
He said: "League tables don't count for too much at this point in the season. After the sixth game at Aldershot, we might have a little sneaky look, but certainly it's not until after ten that you get a bit of an idea – even after then there will still be a hell of a long way to go.
"We're unbeaten in five games now and have scored 13 goals in our last two games, so I'm pleased with how it's gone.
"Obviously we would have liked to have picked up a few more points in the first three games.
"But in those draws against Nuneaton and Dover, we were certainly the better side – we just couldn't get the result we wanted.
"On Monday, we scored seven goals and kept a clean sheet, which I love to do.
"We certainly look very solid defensively at the moment and the goals are coming now, which I'm pleased to see."
He added: "Although I am very pleased with how things have gone for us in the last two games, I'm not getting excited yet.
"If we keep doing what we did over the weekend then, I probably will start getting excited!
"But there has to be a bit of reality in it all – it's two games and we've put in two excellent performances to get two good wins.
"We've got to stay professional, keep our feet on the ground and not get carried away, which I know our lads won't – we've got a good group of lads here."
