Quote Originally Posted by Chicken Balti Pie View Post
I know of quite a few who are a little nervous about going for players ripping it up in a mainly semi professional league, I'm not the only one
There's a risk with any signing from a lower league that they might not make the leap, but actually the biggest risk and cause of our decline in recent years has been the recruitment of 'name' or in some cases 'no-name' players who had played at a higher level. I'd much rather recruit the hungry, improving talent from the National League environment, who want to move onwards and upwards as much as we do, rather than saddle ourselves with too many players whose careers are on a downwards trajectory. Obviously there are exceptions to both rules, but generally speaking I think the best value is to be found by signing the potential diamonds of the future and polishing them up.