Kingstonian striker Bobby Traynor has played down his flying start to the pre-season programme, but admits he could be the chief beneficiary of boss Alan Dowson's summer recruitment drive.

The 24-year-old has bagged four goals in two games including a hat-trick in Saturday's 3-2 win over Chessington & Hook.

Traynor was dogged by a niggling ankle injury last season, but still finished the season as the club's leading scorer with 23 goals in all competitions.

Dowson has added Jon Neal, Sol Patterson-Bohner, Max Hustwick and Adam Thompson to his squad this summer and is looking to bring in one of two big name' strikers he is still tracking.

But the club's current hot-shot believes any more new faces would only be fine tuning a squad already capable of challenging at the top of the table next season.

"It is always nice to get off to a good start. You don't want to be waiting too long to find the back of the net," he said.

"Everyone is still a bit short of match fitness at the moment, but things are coming together really well and we should have a strong side by the start of the season.

"Alan has strengthened in most areas and hopefully that will mean I get a few more chances come my way this season. I'm confident if I get the chances, I'll get the goals.

"It is tough to explain where we went wrong last year. I think consistency was the main problem, because on our day we can beat anyone in this league."

Left wing-back Nick Rundell notched three himself in a 5-1 triumph over a select Chessington & Hook XI prior to Traynor's heroics at the Kings College Sports Ground on Saturday.

The 26-year-old was hampered last season by an ankle injury picked up during pre-season training in 2007, but appears back to his best.

But assistant boss Mark Hamms, who has dispatched a team of eagle-eyed pitch-side scouts to watch the off-the-ball movements of his players, insists neither results or the team's goalscoring exploits are catching his eye.

"Of course we want to win games, but I'm more interested in players showing us they want to play for the club," he said.

"What people are doing off the ball is an important part of that. People may be short of fitness at the moment, but no-one has given up on us - which is only a good sign."