Seahawks’ Davies: We’ll make no excuses about being a new team

HULL Seahawks player-coach Matty Davies has vowed there’ll be “no excuses” as he builds the team for their first National League campaign.

Davies, along with Ian Mowforth and Joe Lamplough, launched the Seahawks last month and have been working furiously behind the scenes to get the new club up and running.

The Hull-born veteran, who also runs Graft House Gym, has plenty on his plate but insists the Seahawks won’t be just making up the numbers.

“We are working every hour to set up this club,” he said.

“I need every supporter to know that we aren’t turning up with the same old excuses about being a new club ‘so don’t worry if we lose quite a few games’.

“This is not the business or sporting model we are working to. We have plenty of time to sign players and develop the business so there are no excuses.

“We will hit the season hard from the first game and make an impact. We have to live up to that Seahawks legacy of success and I am recruiting a squad to achieve that.

“This will not be a makeshift group of spare players. Supporters and our competitors will take notice when our players are announced.”

The pool of available of players in the National League is limited, and some supporters might think the Seahawks face a steep challenge in recruitment.

“We have been driven and very innovative in our recruitment policy as supporters will see once the full squad is announced,” Davies added.

“In the National League, with two new teams coming in, there is a high demand for players and it outstrips supply.

“But I have had a vision from the start as to how and who I will recruit.

“We have had to look further than the National League for players and I am very excited at the potential of this new team.

“There will be eyebrows raised everywhere when our players are announced.”