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| Dragons' Mike Jones (Photo by Peter Sheffield www.psd-images.co.uk) |
The 27-year-old has spent the majority of his senior career with the
Flintshire outfit, apart from short spells in Turkey, Invicta and at Telford.
He joins a Chester Road rearguard that already boasts the defensive
talents of Matt Wainwright, Steve Fellows, Bryn Roberts and Marc Lovell.
And for Paul, a strong line-up at the back gives him extra choice in
choosing goalscorers, ahead of the new Laidler Conference season.
He said: “Mike Jones is a player who has always been a rock for us, and
adds stability to an already strong defence. Again, he displays total
commitment in games.
“Money can’t buy that sort of attitude, so I had no hesitations in bringing him back. Mike forms great partnerships with whoever he’s playing alongside in defence.
“The fact that we’ve now got five extremely good defencemen means I can
start looking at bringing in more forwards. These guys will be the bedrock of
my team.”
Paul’s summer transfer policy has already caused waves across the NIHL,
after Wainwright and Filip Supa signed from rivals Widnes Wild.
That bid for quality is set to continue throughout the off-season, as
the Dragons chief assembles a roster capable of challenging for honours.
He added: “We are talking to a number of players, who have been great
servants of this club. I want to keep that local link to The Dragons.
“But I have also got my eye on several new guys, including an import
who will be a real statement of intent in this league. I want to build an
absolutely lethal line-up of forwards.
“The fans here at Deeside are in for a real treat next season. My brief
is to build an exciting, powerful team. And I fully intend to do that.”
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