Joe Royle is likely to sign a striker before today's deadline if he can find the right person. Disappointed with the lack of firepower in the team, he has been scouring the league but has so far found nothing to take his eye. He said, "I would love to bring somebody in because it is not hard to see our problem. We missed three clear chances last night. We only have two goalscorers in double figures and one of them only just. I couldn't say we are near to anything, but you never know what might happen between now and the deadline.""I was angry and, to tell the truth, disillusioned at half time and I was wondering how we have been in the top six for most of the season. We were awful - weak, insipid and grey - and I could see why the club has been in a poor run. We were second in every department against a team which is bottom of the table. I had a lot to say at half time and the players responded because in the second half we got at it and, though we only equalised in the last minute, we had chances to have won the game."
"There has been a poor response by the players since Christmas, but there was a good one after half time. We dragged ourselves back into the game and played with some passion. I can take heart from that. I can see the shape of the team and I know the players better after two games. There is no reason why we cannot lay the foundations for the future whether I am here for the next seven games, seven months or seven years. If it gets to the stage when we cannot go up, then it will be a case of looking very much to the future. We are not out of it yet, but we need to put a run together which is out-and-out promotion form."