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ORMSKIRK STRENGTHEN FOR 2016

Date: 11th November 2015

ORMSKIRK STRENGTHEN FOR 2016

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Glayzer looking to go one better

There are probably only two or three clubs in the Med Imaging Liverpool Competition whose players would feel disappointed after winning a trophy and finishing runners-up in their league. Ormskirk is one of them.
 
As far as Matt Glayzer’s players were concerned, winning the Ray Digman Trophy did not make up for losing the ECB Premier League crown to New Brighton and the loss of the title has been followed by changes at Brook Lane.
 
Long-serving slow left-arm spinner Martyn Farrell has moved to Ainsdale while Scott Lees and Josh Bohannon have joined from relegated Southport and Birkdale. It is fair to say that both players had no shortage of suitors.          
 
“I’d say we had a a good season but the lads were a bit disappointed and I think that just shows how we have our own standards in these things,” said Glayzer, as he reviewed his first season in charge. “Finishing second and winning the Ray Digman Trophy represents a decent campaign along with reaching the last eight of the national T20. It wasn’t as if we failed but we did have a few poor performances towards the end of the season.”
 
Even before the league programme had ended, the Brook Lane hierarchy had placed a seam bowler and a front-line batsman at the top of their wants list. Lees had impressed Glayzer and his players previously, not least by making a century two seasons ago, while Bohannon’s credentials were warmly endorsed by his Lancashire colleagues, Simon Kerrigan and Gavin Griffiths.
 
“Scott brings a lot of experience of the Premier League and he is a bowler whom we have admired for quite a few years now,” said Glayzer. “You know what you’re getting from him and he puts in a 100% each time. We identified at the end of last season that our seam attack was a bit light. It was an area we wanted to strengthen and when the opportunity came along to sign Scott, we went for it.
 
“We signed him as a bowler but he most definitely adds something with the bat. He can score important runs when they’re needed and he does so quickly. That makes him a dangerous batsman at the end of an innings.
 
“We also thought we were a batsman short and although Josh didn’t score a huge amount of runs against us, we saw his huge potential. Keggsy and Gavin, who have played with him, were saying how good a batsman he is.
 
“So we know what we’re getting and he is exactly as the sort of batsman we were looking to sign. He fits the mould and the fact that Southport were relegated made it a little easier because we try not to approach other Competition clubs if we can. But we thought in those circumstances he might be looking for another club
 
“We’re just looking to increase competition for places and put people under pressure to perform.”
 
  
    
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