Clydebank manager Gordon Moffat admits it’s going to take a bit of time for his squad to get used to playing with each other.

The Bankies boss has so far made eight signings in his first pre-season at the club, including five from former club Rossvale – Jamie Donnelly, Frazer Johnstone, Matt Niven, Joe Slattery and Liam McGonigle.

Moff has also brought Ross McPherson, whom he previously played alongside, back to the club as well as capturing Ciaran Mulcahy from Benburb and Liam Harris on loan from Hamilton Academical.

It means that the 37-year-old is familiar with all but the latter two of his new look side but he doesn’t believe that makes getting a new squad clicking any easier.

Speaking to the Post he said: “The guys that I had at Rossvale obviously know me, and Ross McPherson was a teammate of mine, so Ciaran Mulcahy was probably the only one who didn’t know me at all.

“So generally the guys kind of know what I’m about, but it’s not just going to happen.

“Including the two promoted from the under-20s, we’ve got ten new players as well as Liam Harris on loan from Hamilton now.

“With ten new players that’s half a squad and it’s all not going to just merge over two or three bounce games, it’s going to take a good few training sessions and some more games to come.

“There’s still plenty for us to work on in terms of getting that style and guys getting to know each other and their strengths.

“In the friendlies, the team is chopping and changing and the system is chopping and changing, so we’ll try and settle things down over the last couple of games.

“We’ll be back to Tuesday and Thursday training with no midweek friendlies which is an important time to start to try and bed down some of the ideas.”

Bankies are set to play host to Kilbirnie Ladeside in the first round of fixtures in the West of Scotland Football League’s Premier Division, but league officials have yet to announce a firm start date for the new campaign.

All the WoSFL has said so far is that the first league matches won’t be played before October 24, to avoid any clashes with the first fixtures in the new Soccer Shop Challenge Cup, in which Bankies have been given a bye into round two .

Off the park, Moffat has also taken part in an initiative from the club that had him and members of his playing squad send handwritten notes to supporters that have bought season tickets.

Football is still taking place behind closed doors and the gaffer believes it was important to acknowledge their continued support.

He explained: “Fans are taking a bit of a leap of faith in buying a ticket with everything so uncertain so it was just to show it is appreciated and certainly doesn’t go under the radar.”