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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Loan Players Are A Quick Fix Said Richards


Hereford's management team have utilised the loan market since they arrived at Edgar Street and last night five of the match day sixteen were on loan - the maximum number allowed.

Head Coach Marc Richards says loan players are a quick fix and add competition, quality and flexibility to his squad.

"In an ideal situation you bring in permanent players, but in terms of a quick fix sometimes you need loan players to add that extra little bit of competition and quality," Richards said.

"It also gives you a bit more flexibility, but I'm not concerned at the moment. We've got five in at the moment which is the maximum you can have in a match day squad so there won't be anymore coming in in the immediate future.

"We're always trying to improve the squad so whether that be permanent or loan signings and we'll continue to do so."

Of the current loanees, goalkeeper Matt Yates and defender Ethan Wassall are from Derby County and they were being watched by their parent club at Stockport earlier this month.

Richards says Hereford are in constant contact with clubs with loanees and make use of video analysis to keep track of their progress, with the Bulls now having an analyst as part of the set up.

"We're in regular contact and the good thing is they (parent clubs) are at the games," added Richards.

"Even up at Stockport there was three or four representatives for the Derby boys, and again at Boston there were people there coming to watch.

"They do a lot with our video analysis so they get the videos back, so there's a lot of communication between the clubs. 

"I only met with the assistant manager of the recent one on Monday morning at Coventry so it's constant communication going on."

As for the game at Telford, Richards said there are no easy games in the league and he never wanted to settle for a point.

He said: "We go into every game trying to get three points, there was never an intention to settle for a point.

"As the game goes on, you're thinking maybe a point is a good result. I think with any opposition in this league it's really difficult to go 'that'll be a gimme because they're not very good' because it just doesn't happen at this level.

"In terms of setting yourself targets, we go into every single game trying to work out a game plan of how we're going to get the three points.

"Obviously football being football that doesn't always work, but it's always the plan to get the best out of who we've got for selection to get three points."