I'd take Sarge back, especially as I can't seeing him playing much for you. Also maybe Hampshire too, as your board seem to rate him highly.

We could not get decent players when we were stable and I cannot see many moving from the North given the current climate of LB management and our recent past.

I would rather hope that all players are already in training, regardless as to which Club they are at, so fitness at the start of the Season should not be an issue. Given previous discussions about how poor our training was players coming from other clubs could be a blessing as they will have come from a stricter culture than ours which should be beneficial. Those players without clubs are unlikley to be just lounging around.

In reality this far into pre-season neither can I but it doesn't mean it couldn't be achieved. We have had decent northern players in the past when we were actually stable - Orr, Wells, Purdham, Melling. And even when we weren't (or thought we were) - Tommy Lee.

To his credit Comical Ali always made himself available for scrutiny.

I bet he even arranged regular Iraqi POW forums.