What was the British army doing for the first eight months of WWll besides sitting around France scratching their balls? Wouldn't that qualify as "showing up late"?

 

The first eight months of World War II, running from September 1939 to April 1940, became known as Phoney War, Drôle de guerre, or Sitzkrieg. The Battle of France, known under the codenames Fall Gelb and Case Yellow, got underway on 10 May with the simultaneous German invasions of the Ardennes by Army Group A and the Low Countries by Army Group B.

The British Expeditionary Force was absent from France at the time war broke out. The departing convoys from the United Kingdom on September 9th reached Cherbourg the next day, September 10th, preparing to secure the Franco-Belgium border.

From the 3rd up to the 19th of October, the BEF's regular divisions took responsibility for their part of the front line. It was almost two weeks following the downfall of Poland before the BEF occupied its designated territory.

So, it did not amount to tardiness, since assembling an army is a process that requires time.

By October’s close in 1939, every one of the five regular infantry divisions from Britain was established in France. Arriving in France in February 1940 were the first three Territorial Army divisions: the 48th (South Midland), 50th (Northumbrian), and 51st (Highland). In April 1940, the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, 44th (Home Counties) Division, 12th (Eastern) Division, 23rd (2nd Northumbrian

Nevertheless, the 12th, 23rd, and 46th divisions were young and untrained 2nd line TA divisions that lacked many of their transport and equipment, and thus were used solely for infrastructure work as 'digging divisions

Just 23 of these Matilda II heavy tanks could be deployed with the BEF in France.

Consequently, the number of British divisions ready for operations stood at five in October 1939, grew to eight by February 1940, and reached ten in April 1940.

By comparison, the French maintained eighty-two divisions, the Belgians twenty-two divisions, the Dutch ten divisions, and the Germans possessed one hundred and ten divisions.

I wonder what suggestions the supposed military genius has for the British Army’s actions over this time period. What about the idea of Britain initiating a five to eight division offensive against the German hundred and ten divisions without support?