Wishaw boss fears being 'priced out' in transfer market for next season

Wishaw boss David Dunn knows what he needs for success next season, but fears being priced out of the market.

The Beltane Park club staved off relegation from the West of Scotland League Second Division last term and finished the season strongly.

But Dunn knows he needs to strengthen his squad and may look to leagues below their own.

Dunn said: “I know what I need, but knowing what you need and what you can bring in are totally different things!

“We spoke a few weeks ago about what we need, and we’ll probably speak again this week, while we have been talking to a lot of players.

“I know we’re in a small catchment area and what we can attract.

“I’d love to go out and get them, but the club just doesn’t have the finances and we know that.

“We’ve got to go and cherry-pick an under-20s or something like that.

“That’s why our squad is like it is – we’ve got boys on loan from Alloa and Stirling, and that’s just the route that we need to go down.”

Dunn is looking forward to next season, with Vale of Clyde, Larkhall Thistle and Ardrossan Winton Rovers coming up, while Bonnyton Thistle, Cumbernauld United and Rossvale are dropping down from the First Division.

He said: “It’s an interesting league next season, with three teams coming up, who are all local games to us.

“It will be very competitive, and will even itself out a bit, budget-wise, and be more of a level playing field.

“It’s tough, every game is a hard fixture, there are a lot of good teams, and you’ve got to earn the right to play and win games in this league.

“I don’t think we did enough of that at the start of the season, through a lot of things, but it was drilled into them that they need to do the fundamentals right.

“Nobody likes doing that, but if you don’t do it