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Pistone is training with us after his agent, who Aidy knows well, rang him up and asked. “He wasn’t on my radar” according to Aidy, who can’t assess him as he’s only 70% fit. He’ll let him train for a few weeks and see then. Apparently he has integrated very quickly. “He’s got to want to come and I’ve got to want him”. He can play centre back as well as left back.

“Jordan Stewart needs pushing”: Not off a cliff as some would hope, but Aidy thinks the reason he did well last year was due to Chris Powell competing for the left back role.

Avinel, Osborne and Campana may go out on loan. Hoskins is “a bit different” as he has a “big talent” but is on the periphery at the moment and needs to play games and start scoring again. Lots of people have enquired about taking Hoskins on loan.

Aidy took his son to watch Hereford v Macclesfield on Saturday to see how Robinson and Diagouraga were getting on. Both pleased him with their performances. Aidy has a saying at the training ground: “The finest steel must go through the fire”, which relates to youngsters playing in the first team.