Fylde boss Jim Bentley wants more signings after seeing standards slip in last two friendlies

Bentley's Coasters are scheduled to play their final pre-season game at home to Altrincham on Saturday, though a decision is yet to be taken on whether the National League North season will start next month without spectators.

On the state of his squad, the manager told the club website: "We’re a little bit mix and match at the minute with regards to trialists, as well as young lads and senior lads.

"We’re a work in progress. We need a few bodies in to help us and we’re working on that all the time. We’ve also got a couple of injuries as well.

“We are tracking players all the time. We’ve missed out on a few, like any other club, but we are light on number,s so we need a few more to get us where we want to be.

“We know we’ve got a bit of work to do but we’re happy with the players we’ve got in, and when some more come in and the injuries come back, it will start coming together.”

But Bentley is concerned that progress on the field has not been maintained over pre-season and added: "I think we were pleased with the first couple of weeks, the way things were working and the way we were going about our business in training and in the games.

“We just think that performance wise the two games (against Squires Gate and Longridge) haven’t been at the level we expect.

“There are a lot of things to take into consideration - we’ve had a couple of injuries and a lot of triallists. Not major injuries but a few little niggles here and there, which isn’t ideal.”