In a week in which Exeter City manager Matt Taylor banished the curse of the manager of the month award and rejected the advances of another club, he saw the Grecians remain top of League Two.
Taylor received the award for August 2019 after City drew 2-2 at home to Leyton Orient, and shortly afterwards he was approached by an unnamed club - an offer which he turned down.
This was then followed by a 2-0 win over Port Vale that served to maintain the Grecians' unbeaten run and also keeps at the summit of League Two, three points clear of second placed Crewe Alexandra.
The identity of the club who made the approach for Taylor's services hasn't been revealed but two clubs in League One are currently without a manager, namely Lincoln City and Southend United due Danny Cowley's appointment as Huddersfield Town manager and the dismissal of Kevin Bond respectively.
Remarkably Taylor is currently in only his second season in senior management, after succeeding the long serving Paul Tisdale in the summer of 2018, but already his reputation is growing considerably.
After missing out on the play-offs in his maiden campaign in charge - partly influenced by the mid-season sale of leading scorer Jayden Stockley to Preston North End - City are once again amongst the division's early pacesetters. However, with the responsibility of scoring goals now being spread more evenly across the team - midfielder Nicky Law is the club's current top scorer with four while striker Ryan Bowman and midfielder Lee Martin are joint-second top scorers with three each - the Grecians are no longer reliant on just one player finding the back of the net.
Similarities could yet be found with City's last League Two promotion winning side of the 2008-09 season, which Taylor was part of, who ended the campaign as runners-up with the late Adam Stansfield finishing the season with only ten goals to his name.
Needless to say it is still early days yet for Taylor and his Grecians and a trip to Newport County, who are currently sixth in the League Two table and managed by another of the division's highly-rated young managers in Michael Flynn, is next up in what will be their tenth league game of the campaign. Another three points at Rodney Parade and more and more observers will be sitting up to take notice of Taylor, as he proves that the transition after replacing Tisdale is a seemingly seamless one.
