Faversham Town boss Tommy Warrilow suggests lack of new faces since taking over should help dampen club’s big-spending reputation

Tommy Warrilow suggested a lack of new faces at Faversham since he took charge should help dampen their reputation as a big-spending club.

Town have only added on-loan Ashford keeper Jacob Russell to their Southern Counties East Premier Division squad since Warrilow replaced Sammy Moore last month.

“We’re looking to try and bring a couple in,” admitted Warrilow. “I’ve tried to bring some bodies in - and I’ve been knocked back.

“We want to make sure we bring in the right characters for the changing room and for the club. We will be looking again this week.

“I believe they have changed the play-off rules this year, so you can’t just sign players for them.

“They have to have played a certain number of games for you that season. Even though that could have potentially been ideal for us, I’m in favour of that long-term.

“I’m hoping to bring one or two in - but I was hoping to bring one or two in last week. If it’s not meant to be, we’ll just crack on.

“Maybe it puts the myth to bed about the money we are supposedly spending. If we were spending that kind of money, they would have signed already!

“Most of it is about players not wanting to drop to this level. I cannot do anything about that. We will keep looking.”

Circumstances have presented opportunities for some of Faversham’s under-23s squad - managed by Rhys Leader, the son of vice-chairman Marc Leader - with George Cutting and Ephraim Adanemhen coming off the bench in last weekend’s 6-1 home win over Holmesdale.

“I speak regularly to Rhys, who is doing a great job,” said Warrilow, who also used youth-team player Jermain Kevill in last Tuesday’s 2-2 draw at Deal.

“Some weeks, I say ‘We need a midfielder’ or ‘We need a striker’ and, sometimes, it’s just a body that we’re