Maltby Main boss Sean Kay hopes new assistant Shaun Hird can provide a fresh pair of eyes to his squad after the former Worksop Town coach opted to join the Muglet Laners.

Kay looks forward to his second full season in charge of Main and has been working behind the scenes to ensure the squad are ready for another campaign in the Northern Counties East League.

And he is using his pre-season friendlies as an opportunity for Hird to assess Main's squad.

He told the Dinnington Guardian this week: "We've brought Shaun in, who I have known for more than 20 years, and hopefully he can give an opinion by the start of the season just where we need to strengthen.

"I am in the process of organising pre-season friendlies, but one thing is for sure, we won't be playing the likes of Sheffield Wednesday or Sheffield United.

"The problem with those sorts of games is that they will let us play football and the lads will be stroking the ball around the park. When it comes to the league, they're not going to know what has hit them and we?ll need three or four games to adjust."

Kay is running the rule over former Rotherham United defender Craig Roden, who has returned to the game with a desire to play in attack ? but he will have to oust hotshot Scott Somerville, who hit 18 goals in 20 games last season.

Kay added: "The plan is to keep together the squad we had last season. There has been an awful lot of interest in Scott Somerville, but he has chosen to stay with us for another season.

"Scott could have gone on and made a fair amount of money, but credit to him, he's a local lad and he's staying."