ROD Brown has said he has no problem with midfielder Michael McGrath, who joined Alvechurch last week.

The Stourport Swifts manager waived the seven-day bid from their Midlands Football League Premier rivals and allowed him to depart.

Brown also drafted in centre forward Jermaine Clarke from the Lye Meadow outfit.

Brown said: “I have no problem with Michael, he goes with my blessing.

“We disagreed over how the game should be played.

“But I was able to draft in Jermaine. who has played for me at Redditch and Bromsgrove.

“He’s missed a few games but is a big, strong guy who will put pressure on defenders.”

Brown was disappointed by Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to leaders Basford.

Swifts were not at their best and they shot down by goals for brothers Lee and Stuart Hendrie.

“There were a lot of performances were six, it wasn’t quite good enough and I was disappointed by that.”

Stourport have an away match at struggling Brocton on Saturday (3pm ko).