Not knowing the division we’d be in is just a poor excuse tbh

Mellon was happy enough with the squad as he said so himself!

This is what Darren Royle said in August 2025.

In terms of the size of our budget, we’re in the top half and probably top third. Darren told us the manager was happy with the squad, particularly the depth in each position, and now he’s got the striker he wanted too. (Joe Quigley!)😂😂

Darren explained that the Club prepared two transfer plans – one for if we stayed in the National League and another if we got promoted to League Two. A couple of the players we had on our list if we got promoted had already made decisions before 1 June. But we have secured alternatives, some of whom weren’t available when we were drawing up our plans pre-playoffs so may well have preferred them anyway.