Manager Stephen Robinson is still hoping to bring in new players to steer the club away from their bottom of the table position which came after the home loss to Southend last Saturday. Still under a transfer embargo, the boss is targeting players that he hopes to bring for little outlay. He said,
“Nobody is phoning up and begging to come here, if we are being totally honest. We are not going to pay anyone £1million and we don't offer an attractive position at the moment at the bottom of the table. But what we can do is pull out our contacts. We have a lot of contacts in the game and we are trying. You won't get someone who has played 25 games in League One, without a shadow of a doubt. But everyone you take in is a risk. The players we brought in here, there wasn't a queue of clubs after them three weeks into the transfer window, and we got the best of what was left. We have got some very good footballers, some very good players who have to be more consistent - it's as simple as that.”
“You can't produce a performance as we did at Walsall and then become a terrible team overnight. But that's what it appears to be at the minute. We try to give the players belief and I come out to the press and say it's my fault. But sometimes it's hard to justify when players can't pass from 'A' to 'B'. It's where we are and we can't turn away from it. We have to turn it around and get players in. I have players ready to go. It all depends when, how and if the transfer embargo is lifted. There is definitely a worry in terms of character in that people will make a mistake and it affects the rest of their day. We have to make changes and we go chasing the game then. Then when you are chasing and get caught out in possession of the ball, it can be very costly - as was proven against Southend.”