Don't count on it with these sides. Without wanting to particularly plug things my diary is a great example of how these teams can under perform even by their lowly standard.
I've nbever played as Basingstoke, what are their pre-season expectations, at this level that is a huge example of exactly what should happen even dispite your best efforts.
Another idea is to look around for freebies with high stats specifically, don't worry about the complete packaghe so much since you'lll be lucky to find a top all rounder. An example, again taken from the diary since it is my most current and fresh in my mind game, Stuart Darby is a 19 (I think) rated finisher and tends to take most good chances for a goal, the rest of his stats are lowly but with a supply from a high crossing winger and he'll do the job.