Manager Richard Money has been weighing up his options for the opening day and, obviously, doesn’t like what he sees.

Both Ian Roper and Chris Westwood will be serving out suspensions for the opening fixture at Rochdale, so Money has been left with the prospect of either playing one of the youngsters, or wasting new signing Dobson out of position (although he has played central defence before).

It seems that he has decided neither option is really suitable, having seen the players in training, and has now told the Express and Star that he is looking for a short term loan for the first month of the season, to ease the selection problems.