Whilst the traditional games against the likes of Abbey Hey, Manchester United XI and a Welshie or two (Colwyn Bay probably) are good, I'd like a couple of proper random friendlies. Coleraine, Queen of the South and the Brondby Youth Team, something like that.
As for players, I wonder whether there will be a couple of handy young players forced out of Stockport due to financial constraints that might be worth a look? Smithy could put a word in with his mates?
Also, where are all these Wigan youngsters that Graham Barrow was going to send to us?
Now that Eastern Europeans can come here without restriction, I wonder if there are some Polish/Slovakian/Slovenian players who are quite handy, but not on great wages in their home country? We should have a mass trial for new arrivals in Britain at the beginning of pre-season