Hale hunts for hitmen
By Adam Summers

Tuesday 30th June 2009

WEYMOUTH manager Matty Hale is now concentrating his efforts on adding some firepower to his squad.

Since taking charge in May the Terras’ boss has signed goalkeeper Ryan Harrison, defenders Kyle Critchell and Scott Brice, and midfielders Andy Harris, Dean Grubb, Hector Mackie, Dean Smith and Matt Thorne but so far no new forwards have been acquired.

And that is something Hale is determined to rectify in the coming weeks. He said: “My main focus now is on strikers. I have built the main bulk of the team through the middle but we now need to add some firepower.

“We start pre-season training tonight and four or five forwards should be there with more coming down over the next fortnight, most of which have played at this level or above.”

Hale held a meeting with his technical staff at the Wessex Stadium last night ahead of this evening’s first training session and he is looking forward to seeing his new recruits in action.

He added: “I met with Ian Hutchinson, Dave Kiteley, Andy Mason and Tim Davis last night and we all cannot wait to get pre-season training underway.

“We will all be meeting up at Budmouth this evening where we are expecting around 25 to 30 lads to turn up.

“They will include all those that have signed on, some of the youngsters that took part in the trial game at Weymouth College last month and several trialists, including a few from Team Bath.

“I also have a contact that is a friend of mine who has recommended a lot of young lads to me, so over the next few weeks we will be taking a look at some of them as well.”