New players a-go-go; Kevin Roberts and Callum Willock sign in

With ten weeks or so of the season to go, Lingy's project to remodel the Abbey from a mock-Tudor scouse mansion into a cheaper but much classier east end flat continues apace.

*Bish* Into the skip goes that manky old Parky chest of drawers that's been repaired too many times for it to function properly.

*Bosh* And there goes the antique Hatswell sofa which used to be a favourite but is now getting worn around the edges and has seen better days.

*Clunk* and out the window flies the pointless Challinor hatstand which nobody will own up to buying because they're too embarrassed.

In their place have come a host of new items, mostly second hand, but many of which have so far proved to be much more functional (and in some cases better looking) than the furniture they replaced. Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen would be proud of the Linguist's work, and not a chunk of MDF in sight.

The latest new arrivals were delivered yesterday, in the form of Chester's highly rated utility man Kevin Roberts and Crawley's unwanted journeyman striker Callum Willock. I can't furnish you with too much information about Roberts, other than to say that a glance at the Deva Chat messageboard reveals he is one of the few players in their dwindling squad that they are sad to see the back off, with some posters speculating that he could eventually follow in the foot steps of Chris Holroyd and make the step up to League One.

Willock has never particularly impressed me when playing for other teams, and the fact that I can't find even one of his goals on youtube doesn't bode well. But hopefully he'll provide us with some physical presence in the final third, and as he's non-contract we can get rid if he turns out to be pants.

And with the arrival of two more players, one wonders whether more of the old fixtures and fittings will be forcibly removed in the coming days. Jim Harvey is back in football at Stalybridge Celtic in the Conference North, so perhaps he will take his love child Mark Beesley off our hands at least temporarily. And seeing as now have plenty of options in midfield you have to wonder whether Jai Reason would be available if the right offer came in. Certainly I would be willing to bet we haven't seen the last of the Lingy's squad renovations for this season.