Extra training will help us compete in National League, says Town boss

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“All those things considered led us to the point where we need to do more, so the only conceivable way is making that other day compulsory, and most of the players that we’ve spoken to who we’re in negotiations with want that extra day.

“So it’s not as though they don’t want to do it, they would rather do it.

“We’re not going to train in Leeds for that extra day. We’re going to find a halfway house for some of the players who travel some distance away to make sure nobody is out of place in terms of locality.”

The Town boss believes an extra day’s training is crucial if Town are to remain competitive in the division next season.

“100 per cent. Over half the teams are full-time, you’ve got some that have the hybrid model, like us, and you’ve got teams within that who are full-time, and there’s a limited number who are proper part-time, and they are generally down the lower end of the league.

“So if we’ve got aspirations of moving this club forward and keep ensuring the club progresses, then we’ve got to do more.

“That’s the only way forward to keep up. That doesn’t guarantee us top-end of the league, don’t get me wrong. We could do more and achieve less.

“But we feel that’s a big way where we can continue to keep up with the teams in this league. We can’t keep up financially so we’ve got to try and keep up in other areas, such as doing more on the training ground.”

Wild added: “If it was a Saturday to Saturday, we wouldn’t be in Monday and we’d train Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.

“That wasn’t too bad, unless we were away from home, because then you’ve got to factor in that generally our away trips are long distance, and whether you train before you go or halfway, or do you train at all.

“Our core sessions were becoming a Tuesday and a Thursday and we just felt that wasn’t enough.

“If we had a Tuesday game, it’d be Monday and Friday. We just weren’t seeing them enough. Then Monday, because we were playing Tuesday, was light, and Friday, because we were playing Saturday, was light.

“If we are to continue to try and punch at the other end of the league then we’re going to have to find a way to do more.”