Frustration over lack of new signings starting to grow for Brackley boss Whing
Brackley Town boss Andy Whing admits frustration is starting to grow as he tries to get together the squad he needs ahead of the National League North season that starts in a littke more than two weeks.
The Saints were forced to field a clutch of trialists in their latest pre-season friendly on Tuesday night, which ended in a 1-0 defeat at Step 3 side Stratford Town.
With virtually all of last season's squad having departed following relegation from the National League, Whing is having to build a squad from scratch, and although he has been able to get a lot of players through the St James Park door, he knows more are needed, and quickly.
Speaking after the loss at Stratford, Whing told @BrackleyTownFC: "In the first half we were poor, and we started really slowly.
"But I think we have 12 or 13 players signed and four were unavailable, and we are trying to manage minutes.
"We fudged the team a little bit to try and protect them and it cost us in the first half.
"I thought we were miles better in the second half, and we changed the team a bit because I couldn't watch another 45 of that.
"It is hard from some trialists who just turn up and play, and we are trying to manage our lads.
"Saturday's game (Brackley drew 0-0 at Cardiff Met) took a lot out of them in the heat, so I wanted to protect a few on Tuesday.
"There were some good bits in the second half, plenty of positives, and there is loads to still work on.
"We still need two or three attacking players, and we still need bodies in as quick as we can.
"It has been frustrating trying to a get a few of those in and we are still waiting on a few, but we have to be patient.
"It is just hard when you are throwing a team out there, but we are getting there."
Brackley's pre-season preparations continue on Saturday with a trip to Coventry City's training ground to play the Sky Blues' Under-21s team (ko 3pm).