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EBBSFLEET UNITED boss Daryl McMahon says Maidenhead United are still favourites to win the National League South despite their patchy recent form.
The Magpies needed a stoppage-time goal from Christian Smith on Saturday to grab a point at home against Poole Town.
That stalemate means Maidenhead have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five league games which has seen their lead at the top cut down to just three points.
In-form Ebbsfleet are on their tails and Saturday’s comprehensive 4-0 home victory against Concord Rangers was the Kent side’s seventh win in eight league games.
While the momentum may be with McMahon’s side as they look to better last season’s second-place finish, the boss says his charges must continue their fantastic form to be in with a chance of automatic promotion.
McMahon told BBC Radio Kent: “We’re just going from game to game. We’re not thinking about anything else. We said to the lads weeks ago that if we perform regularly, the results will come. We are performing well but we’ve got to maintain that for the rest of the season.
“Promotion is the aim obviously, how we do it we’ll see. It’s in Maidenhead’s hands still, they’re still the team in the driving seat.
“We are in decent form, we are behind them and putting pressure on them probably with our results but we still have to go and do it. It’s the start of February, there’s a long way to go still.
“I’ve seen it last year myself, being in this situation we we still have to a lot of work to get anywhere near winning promotion and as a group we know that.”
