WITHAM Town boss Garry Kimble is confident that his team have shown him enough desire in their performances to not be concerned by the club's current 15th place in the Ryman League Premier Division.
Close defeats by Margate and Billericay Town over the past couple of weeks have seen a slight drop in the table, but encouraging displays from his side have proved that Town can compete.
Kimble said: "What has pleased me over the last few weeks is that we can perform at this level.
"I know we have lost a couple of games but the performances have been absolutely superb by the players.
"The effort and the desire is all there, all we need to do is stop letting those silly goals in that are drawing us back down the table. It looks a little bit uncomfortable, but hopefully our performances will be dragging us back up."
Witham were in FA Cup action last weekend and enjoyed a comfortable 4-0 win at Essex Senior League side Bowers & Pitsea.
James Robinson scored a hat-trick as Witham cruised into the second round qualifying where they will host either Bognor Regis Town or Lewes, who were due to play last night (Wednesday), on Saturday next week.
Kimble added: "To be fair they didn't really trouble us too much. In the first ten minutes they were hard to break down but once we went into half-time 3-0 up then it was game over by then.
"All credit to my players though, they applied themselves properly as it could always have been a banana skin away from home. We have got a fairly good draw with a home tie as well.
"It is quite important to get a run in the FA Cup because it brings in that extra revenue to the club. I want to try and go as far as we can, we're not going to win it but it would be nice to go through a few rounds. It all helps in trying to build the club's profile as well."
Witham are back in league action on Saturday when they host Kingstonian, before welcoming East Thurrock United to Spa Road on Tuesday.
Kimble said: "Kingstonian are one of the favourites to get into the play-offs and East Thurrock United will be another tough game when we have them on Tuesday."
