It's far too premature to state that the full-time model in itself has failed but it does appear at present that the protagonists are contriving to make an unholy hash of it.
As an astute Alty diehard messaged me last evening, blame the execution rather than the transition.
As MarpleAlty rightly observes earlier in this thread, our recruitment has been substandard (as, indeed, it was during the summer of 2021). The current crop of inchoate, slight academy youngsters are struggling to cope with the exacting physical demands of this league.
Meanwhile, we have become porous in defence and are persisting with an on-contract and non-scoring forward who, if we are being honest, we were hoping that Dartford would pay us some money for during pre-season.
Next Saturday's pivotal fixture against Aldershot Town is already evoking memories of that distinctly uncomfortable home game versus Lewes on Saturday, 20th September 2008, when the then manager Graham Heathcote found himself under intense pressure and vocal criticism from the Golf Road End following a record of gaining merely six points (one win and three draws) from the opening nine league matches.
I'd certainly settle for a repeat of that outcome of a 1-0 victory 14 years ago next Saturday.