Bromley manager Mark Goldberg is pleased with how much his side have learnt in their first ever season in the National League, and also refused to rule out further transfer activity at the club before the window closes on 1st February.

The Hayes Lane outfit sit 13th in non-league’s top flight, thanks in part to a fantastic run of results that saw them win nine out of ten games spanning September and October. They’ve only been victorious twice in twelve league outings since then but the Ravens chief is still upbeat about how the campaign is going.

“I think its fair to say that we all got carried away when we had that excellent run in September,” said Goldberg, who guided Bromley to the Conference South title last season.

“We started looking at the league table and thinking can we finish in even the play-offs spots. But the reality is, and I said it at the beginning of the season, we’ve got so much to learn this year, and if we can consolidate ourselves and show that we can be an established National League side this year, it will be a great success. I still think we can achieve that.

“The National League is a very tough league,” he added.

“There’s no doubt it's a massive step up from the Conference South. We are learning, and what I suppose I’m quite pleased to say, is that we adapt as quickly as we can when we see problems. We have been protecting our back four better in recent weeks, although we’re not getting the results. But we’ve stopped the flow of goals we’ve conceded being at a high level every game so they’re tighter affairs. Now we've got to find the balance. At the moment, we’re wondering where our goals are going to come from.

“Before we were free flowing and scoring goals but we were conceding too many, and now we’ve stopped conceding as many but we’re in a position where we're not looking like we’re going to score.”

Goldberg was talking after his side were eliminated from the Kent Senior Cup by Charlton Athletic, losing 2-0 in the quarter finals of the competition at Hayes Lane on Tuesday night.

First half goals from Joseph Aribo and Joshua Umerah sealed the tie for the Addicks but Goldberg still looked to take some positives from the game.

“Even tonight we had chances,” he said.

“Having been 2-0 down in the first half, and very disappointed the way we conceded both goals in the first half, but in the second half we were much better organised and more physically involved. We created chances. If Bradley (Goldberg) had put his chance away, it looked easier to score than miss, or Alex Wall with his one on one had hit the target and scored then goals change games.

“We could have got back into the game with a goal. It was the same last week against Tranmere. We had our chances even though they dominated a lot of the game. We’ve just got to know learn how to feel confident that we can score again. We’ll find the balance.

“Now we’ve got Cheltenham on Saturday,” he added.

“In a way I’m really pleased we’ve played tonight – as long as you learn from your losses. I don't like to be out of the Kent Cup, but we will learn tonight and we will be better prepared for Saturday because of it.”

The Lilywhites’ have added former Chelsea winger Adam Coombes to their ranks during this transfer window, and top scorer Moses Emmanuel has also been the subject of transfer speculation, with League One side Barnsley thought to be amongst a number of football league clubs hoping to tempt the striker away from the club.

Goldberg didn’t confirm or deny any links for the attacker but wouldn’t rule out movement in and out of the club before the window closes.

“We’ve really got nothing to report at the moment,” he admitted.

“There could easily still be activity between now and Monday in terms of both outgoings and incomings.”