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Coleraine boss Ruaidhri Higgins says his squad is "in a much better place now than six months ago" following another busy transfer window.
The Bannsiders have brought in further reinforcements in January after a busy summer with Mark Coyle (Shelbourne), Mark Connolly (Derry City), Ben Wylie (Portadown), Will Patching (Carlisle United) and James Akintunde (FC Haka) all arriving this month.
And Higgins believes his squad is really taking shape now as they push to get into Europe and close the gap to league leaders Larne.
"We're coming towards the end of our second transfer window. People always say after two or three windows you build your own team so we're very close to where we want it to be," said Higgins.
Higgins knows his squad depth will be tested as they play three away games in three different competitions in the next week, starting with Saturday's Irish Premiership fixture against Bangor at Clandeboye Park.
They then travel to the Oval to take on Glentoran in the rescheduled BetMcLean Cup semi-final on Tuesday before an Irish Cup sixth-round tie against Carrick Rangers on 7 February.
The former Derry City boss acknowledges the quick turnaround between games will be "a tough task" but one they must "look forward to".
"You want to be involved in as many competitions as possible. It's to be embraced and not complained about," he added.
"We have a good group, we'll be ready to go and I'm sure the squad will be utilised over the next week.
"You can't complain about it then when the schedule gets busy so we won't do that. We've a good group of players who area ready for the week ahead, starting with Bangor."
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The Bannsiders have brought in further reinforcements in January after a busy summer with Mark Coyle (Shelbourne), Mark Connolly (Derry City), Ben Wylie (Portadown), Will Patching (Carlisle United) and James Akintunde (FC Haka) all arriving this month.
And Higgins believes his squad is really taking shape now as they push to get into Europe and close the gap to league leaders Larne.
"We're coming towards the end of our second transfer window. People always say after two or three windows you build your own team so we're very close to where we want it to be," said Higgins.
Higgins knows his squad depth will be tested as they play three away games in three different competitions in the next week, starting with Saturday's Irish Premiership fixture against Bangor at Clandeboye Park.
They then travel to the Oval to take on Glentoran in the rescheduled BetMcLean Cup semi-final on Tuesday before an Irish Cup sixth-round tie against Carrick Rangers on 7 February.
The former Derry City boss acknowledges the quick turnaround between games will be "a tough task" but one they must "look forward to".
"You want to be involved in as many competitions as possible. It's to be embraced and not complained about," he added.
"We have a good group, we'll be ready to go and I'm sure the squad will be utilised over the next week.
"You can't complain about it then when the schedule gets busy so we won't do that. We've a good group of players who area ready for the week ahead, starting with Bangor."
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