Now they seem to be signing available players and making the best of it, which is far from the same thing.

"We will probably have a choice there between the best available player and need," Young said.

And there are simply more players available for agents to traffic in.

But there probably will be a number of players still available.

That left Casey with just nine available players in the second half.

"We went out and got what our people told us were the best players available," he said of this team.

Stage 1 continued until all 18 clubs have passed on the available players.

The stage continued until all 18 clubs passed on the available players.

National teams are not always composed of the best available individual players.

The safe pick is not to take him, but we felt he was the best player available.