"The crowds are down but that was to be expected," Still said. "People usually wait to see how we're getting on before they come to watch.
"If we do well we can logically look at around 2,000. That would be acceptable. Then we have to rely on other commercial ways to balance the books."
At no stage did Barnet consider going part-time again, so they spent the close season cutting their cloth according to their means. They raised the best part of £400,000 by selling top-scorer Darren Currie to Wycombe, wing-back Sam Stockley to Oxford and striker Tony Richards to Southend.
Two more players were released and another was given a free transfer. Two backroom staff - a fitness coach and the youth-team physio - also left.
A further £80,000 was raised last month when Warren Goodhind left for Cambridge, although the money will be paid in two instalments. Goodhind, a product of Barnet's youth system, would have been allowed to go on a free transfer in January.
With the club down to a squad of 20 and wanting to reduce it by another two, further departures may be imminent.
Centre-half Mark Arber, already the subject of a £150,000 offer from Cambridge, could be next to go after being dropped recently.
Still said: "There has been a trimming down all over and so, financially, everyone has seen a difference.
"But day to day, as far as the football is concerned, there isn't any difference. Nothing that smacks you in the face.
"We're not in the position to buy new players but I understand the need to run the club on a sound financial basis, so that's how it is.
"There's certainly no moans or criticisms because the most important thing is for the club to carry on.
"After the initial problems of the close season and players being unsettled, I think we've got everyone pulling together and the spirit is returning. I think we can grow. How quickly, we'll have to wait and see.
"But this is nothing new. We've always had to sell players.
"We've always had to live within our means, so if we get the right offer for a player, any business has to be run properly. There have been no shocks in that respect."
Throughout this healing process doubts over the club's future at Underhill have refused to go away. The present ground will never meet Football League standards and should Barnet win promotion this season there is a groundsharing agreement with Leyton Orient in place.
"I've lived with the ground problem ever since I came here five years ago," Still said.
"I've heard all sorts of things and all sorts of threats. I think the borough want us in Barnet, genuinely, but there's wanting it and doing everything you can to get it.
"It's a case of how hard people are going to work to get together to provide it. One thing's for sure, the club want to stay in the borough."
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