Lordswood open their SCEFL Premier Division campaign away to Corinthian this Saturday – Manager Nicky Southall’s summer recruits include Jake Embery, Brad Schafer and Elliott Duncan

Lordswood manager Nicky Southall hopes a focus on attack helps his side challenge at the top end this season.

Forwards Jake Embery and Brad Schafer have joined from Hythe Town over the summer with higher-level experience behind them, Elliott Duncan has swapped Crowborough for Martyn Grove while Callum Peck will also hoping to be among the goals this season.

With some experienced additions, Lords boss Southall - who took over midway through last season - is hoping his side can take a leaf out of Deal Town’s book as they start their challenge in the SCEFL Premier Division away at Corinthian this Saturday.

Southall said: “(Coming in last season) gave me a good insight into the teams in this league and style of play, what I have to do, new surroundings, it has been an eye-opener.

“I decided at the end of last season that I wanted to try and get some goalscorers in. No disrespect to the levels, but I think defenders aren’t as strong as they are at the levels above, so we wanted to try and get more goals in the side.

“If you have goalscorer like Jake Embrey in there, Brad Schafer, Callum Peck, they have played at higher levels, Elliott Duncan. I decided to go down that route and see where it takes us.

“I studied the way Deal Town played last year and they won the league at a canter. A lot of their players know each other, they know each other’s game inside out, when we played them twice at the back end of last season they had five players who used to be my boot-boys! It was crazy to see.

“They played a certain way, they got the ball high up the pitch, almost five in the box every time the ball went in. Is that the way forward at this level? “They have a good manager at Deal and a good core of players. Maybe we can take a leaf