Margate player-manager Ben Greenhalgh on having to play four matches in 11 days across all competitions for side

Player-manager Ben Greenhalgh is looking at the positives as Margate face up to a busy early-season fixture period.

Overall, the Isthmian South East side have four games to play in an 11-day period.

They start that run with tonight’s midweek home FA Cup preliminary round replay against Cobham before a trip to Isthmian South Central Egham Town on Friday in the FA Trophy.

It’s back to league action on Bank Holiday Monday at Ashford, with another game to come next weekend.

“The main thing is we’re just making sure there’s a bit more improvement from each game,” said Greenhalgh after last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Cobham. “We’re trying to get back to where we were last year - but adding a bit more, as well.

“If we continue to improve, these players will get more goals and we’ll pick up more points.

“I pulled a few players before the game on Saturday and TT (Walters) was one of them. He has got so much quality and that was the levels we want from him.

“As a group, we need to get the ball to the attackers a bit more and with a bit more quality. But it’s something that’s going to take time.

“It won’t happen overnight so the replay on Tuesday is a good opportunity to go again.

“We’ve had four goals from our first four games, and we’ve had four different goalscorers.

“But all of those players, including myself, want to have more than one goal at this stage of the season. We just want to keep progressing.

“I think Cobham were a pretty good team but, at the same time, we had seven serious goalscoring opportunities on Saturday.

“Normally, you would expect to score from at least three or four of them. It just shows, as we keep playing, we’re learning a little bit more from each game.

“Now, we have got four games in 11 days to keep on