"At this time of year all the players are being advised not to sign anything and to wait to see what turns up. That can be very frustrating but I am learning to live with it and I'm still hopeful that I can bring in the targets I have in mind."
He is also quietly confident of keeping the remaining members of the squad who have been offered new deals "I think they all want to stay and it is a matter of just tweaking one or two things with some of them. Most of the players are under 24, so we are entitled to compensation if they were to leave. We have had no offers at all for Giles (Coke), so we would hope that he would stay here and look to improve."