Sean Kay is giving himself three games to turn around Maltby's season or he will quit.

The honest Muglet Lane boss has been left bemused by the dreadful start his side have made to the Northern Counties campaign and can't put his finger on the reason.

And if he hasn't done so by the time they've hosted South Normanton Athletic on Wednesday 12th September he will consider his future as the club?s manager.

"I'm not the type of manager who will hang around until Christmas," Kay told the Dinnington Guardian this week, following the side's back-to-back Bank Holiday weekend defeats.

"If I can't get it right in the next three games then I will move on, I won't hide from anything.

"A new manager needs three quarters of a season to put things right. That's how serious I see it, even after four or five games."

But, his desire to be the man to get things right remains steadfast.

Under Kay, Maltby had one of their best seasons in recent times with a top-half finish, having led the Premier Division in the autumn.

But they have lost three of their first four games and were dumped out of the FA Cup by local rivals Dinnington Town.

He said: "If they want to back me to get it right I will willingly stay on and do so.

"Football is about honesty and that's how I feel at the moment.

"Everything is fine in training, the spirit in the camp is good, we just don't seem to be getting it right on the pitch.

"The players I'm picking are good enough for this league. But there's something missing. What it is, I don't know.?