CRAIG EDWARDS has revealed he is still looking to add another striker to his Billericay Town squad before the Ryman League Premier Division season starts.
The Blues boss added former Bolton trainee Javlon Campbell to his party last week, and although he also has former Maldon & Tiptree hotshot James Robinson at his disposal, Edwards is looking for another frontman to complete the jigsaw.
The need for an extra striker was shown on Saturday when Campbell was at a wedding and Robinson missed out through injury as the Blues were beaten 4-0 at Conference South side Dover.
And Edwards said: "We're still looking for another forward so we were very light on the forward department.
"We had to go to Dover without any recognised striker at all, which would be hard against any team, let alone a team from a division above.
"Javlon has been excellent in the two games he's played
"His all-round game is very good, he's got good pace, he's intelligent and he looks like he's got a goal in him.
"Before he came we were a little one-dimensional in that we played a lot in front of their back four – we still looked a very good side but this gives us the option of playing down the sides a little and in behind the defence, which is obviously a big plus."
Goals from Richard Orlu, Moses Ademola, Tom Murphy and Dan Stubbs secured the Whites' 4-0 win on Saturday.
It followed an altogether more encouraging performance in the 1-0 defeat by Dagenham last week, but Edwards insisted the results make no difference to his preparations for the Ryman Premier opener against Harrow Borough a week on Saturday.
"I thought we were excellent against Dagenham," he added. "We were probably unfortunate to not get a result but that's not the important thing.
"Fitness levels were good, even on Saturday I thought our fitness levels were good when it was even harder – we were getting beaten 4-0 on a very, very hot day and I thought we finished the game very well."
The Blues finish their pre-season programme on Saturday when they travel to face another Conference South side in the shape of newly promoted Concord Rangers, having hosted Bishop's Stortford lastnight.