The Alan Connell Story - so far

Last Tuesday evening Bulls News reported that Alan Connell had signed for Hereford United. It seems the report was premature and we apologise for the mistake.

Our assumption that he had signed was based on the fact he played in the County Cup match last Tuesday against Westfields. It now appears that he only had to be registered for that game to comply with the rules.

Graham Turner has since spoken about the Connell situation to BBC Hereford and Worcester.

In the interview the Hereford United manager told Trevor Owens that he wants to see more of the player.

"Alan came to us; he hadn't got a club after being released by Torquay.

"I'd seen him play on a number of occasions; he also came highly recommended by [former Hereford Coach] Richard O'Kelly, so we agreed to have him up here for a couple of weeks to see how he looks.

"He's played a couple of games and done ok, so there is the possibility that over the next few days we'll start talking to him about whether he wants to stay with us for a bit longer."

Turner suggested that as severance pay finishes for players in the Football League at the end of the month, he expected more transfer activity.

"It's easy to sign players; what you want, though, is good players!

"We have got the transfer window up until the end of August, so there is the possibility we could have played two or three league games before deciding where we're going to jump on the next one.

"There is a little bit of time; sometimes you have to be a little bit patient - we can jump in and sign two or three players over the next four or five days and have it completed, but then regret some of the decisions a little bit later on."

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