Adam Lakeland says he’s happy to let others get excited about his in-form King’s Lynn Town side.

Lynn are fourth in the National League North table, just two points behind leaders Scunthorpe and unbeaten in four, the last three of which have been wins.

Leamington, who have lost just once in six away games, head to The Walks this weekend when Lynn will hope to end their record of having only beaten teams in the bottom half of the table.

Lakeland’s rebuilt team is causing a stir – but is it time for everyone else to get excited?

“Well, listen, I don't travel four hours every morning to not be in the thick of it,” he said. “I'm really pleased with how we've started and it's the players who have to believe that they will be up there all season, because that's what I expect of them and of myself.

“But I know how hard this division is. It's such a tough division and if you take your eye off the ball and you get carried away because you've had a decent start, then you can very quickly go and lose two or three games in a row and in this league, you drop 10 places so nobody will be getting carried away, but by all means people can get excited because that shows that we're doing something right.”

In the four league games since losing to Curzon Ashton last month, Lynn have conceded just two goals – they also conceded two goals in their four FA Cup games – with defensive guile now being supplemented by attractive, goal-scoring football: their seven goal tally since Curzon is their best run of this season and their best since their spurt last March which effectively saved their skins in a relegation battle.

“If you look at the teams that are already up near the top of the league, Scunthorpe, Chorley, Alfreton, ourselves, Curzon Ashton, Hereford … the one common denominator is all those teams are generally defensively solid and they don't concede many goals," said Lakeland.

“That's what you've got to be in this league, because you can't always play pretty football. It's about being organised, being resilient and finding ways to get results regularly, particularly away from home and not only have we done that this season on the road, but we've done it for quite a long period of time now and that's a really important thing for us.”

What that defensive stability is allied to is a midfield that works effectively and, with Lakeland eschewing the use of a dedicated goalscorer in the last two games, one that has taken on responsibility for scoring.

Josh Hmami has scored in successive games, Ross Crane has two in his last three, and Tommy Hughes is enjoying a more creative role, alongside Josh McCammon, who is hitting his straps since his summer move, while Cody Johnson is looking like yet another astute Lakeland loan signing.

For the observer, it is shaping up nicely. For the manager, it probably all comes with something of a health warning amid the feelgood factor.

“I still think there's a lot more to come from us because we're still a relatively new team, we've got quite a young squad,” said Lakeland after the midweek 3-1 win at Oxford City. “And right now they're enjoying the football. They work hard every day. They're a great group of players to work with. What we can achieve I don't know. It’s just one more game and three more points, it's nothing more than that.

“I said after the game on Saturday that in this league you can take your eye off the ball, you can go and lose three games and drop 10 places.

“So where we are in the league at this stage is irrelevant really, but what it will give us is confidence and hopefully the players believe that the work we're doing is good and if we keep improving on the things that we're currently good at and the things that we need to get better at, then there's no reason why we can't keep on getting results.”