One of the more interesting questions following last night’s first run out at Halesowen isn’t so much the validity of a comfortable 4 – 0 win in relation to our prospects this season, but more about the worth of the trialists, especially, of course, former Wolf Adam Proudlock and aspiring Trinidad and Tobago International Hector Sam.

Proudlock is a player who burst on to the scene with Wolves, full of promise. He was rated very highly as a goal scorer and managed a total of 13 goals in his 42 starts for them, but without ever quite fulfilling that early promise. Eventually, he moved to Sheffield Wednesday (in preference to us, it is rumoured), but there his career stagnated and he was eventually sacked by the club for a breach of discipline. He was re-instated following representations by the PFA, but had shot his bolt there and even a loan spell at Ipswich couldn’t get him back on track.

He is a talented player, however, and Richard Money may well want to take the risk of taking on board his baggage, in the hope of turning him into the player he once was.

Hector Sam, is a different kettle of fish entirely. Wrexham bought him to this country in June 2000 as a raw 22 year old for £125,000. He developed well enough to score an impressive 40 goals in 93 starts and 83 sub appearances, before moving on to Port Vale on a free. His time there was a disaster, however, as he lost the entire 2005/2006 season following a broken leg. He is desperately trying to get a club now in order to get his career back on track, especially in view of his International possibilities, having been on standby for Trinidad and Tobago for the World Cup.

Both could be considered to be well worth the risk of signing and it will be interesting to see how Money deals with this situatiuon.