I'll take that post with a huge pinch of salt, can't start taking conjecture on Portchat seriously. The only player I'd really like is Baker who's off to a higher level. If the post was to be true, I suppose of those apparently leaving that Blakeman seems to make them tick and GH is a fan of Mark Boyd and tried to sign him last year. We're actually overloaded with midfielder tho I think, maybe Chris Lane who is a decent right back might be useful.
Anyway, bit of a gamble this for Southport in my view, teams can easily raise their game for a full time outfit and compete very easily once or twice a season. Kettering finished second and you have to remember they were a decent conference north outfit before the full time switch. In the confnat it's different, fulltime gives you a chance as it's hard to consistently raise your game v ft sides.