Warne plays patient game over transfers
ROTHERHAM UNITED manager Paul Warne is prepared to bide his time in his quest to land his prime midfield loan targets.
He has made no secret about the fact that bringing in some recruitments in the middle of the park is his overwhelming transfer priority in the loan market, but his hopes of bringing in at least one signing before last weekend failed to materialise.
But Warne remains calm in his transfer pursuit and is hopeful that his patient approach will ultimately pay off.
Warne said: “Whether I can get one signing in before this weekend I do not know.
“But what is apparent is that there will be at least one midfielder joining us before the window shuts.
“But I am trying to get my No 1 and No 2 targets in at the moment. It is taking a lot longer than I would have wanted, but I do not want to use my loans up on someone else and they become available.”
Warne will make a number of changes this evening mindful that a tough Yorkshire derby at Leeds United is on the horizon.
“I am not setting out not to win, I want to go through. But I am also looking at the bigger picture as well,” the Millers’ chief admitted.
“A lot of the Championship teams will do the same. There will be a lot of changes.” BEING IN holiday mode will not come into the equation in this evening’s seaside occasion for Barnsley’s supporting cast.
A chance to push their starting claims awaits for the likes of George Moncur, Cameron McGeehan, Adam Jackson and Lloyd Isgrove after being on the bench in the club’s eye-catching opening two league wins.
A good result and performance would heighten the internal competition and feel-good factor ahead of the resumption of league business on Saturday and assistant coach Andreas Winkler says that the club want as many welcome selection dilemmas as possible.
Winkler said: “Every player wants to be in the starting XI and the players who get a rest will hopefully be a little bit angry.
“The starting XI has to show the best performance to maybe be in the starting side on Saturday.
“Sometimes you think it is good that you do not have a choice, but for a manager it is best to have the choice. Difficult decisions are the best and you do not want players to be happy to sit on the bench.”
Meanwhile, Winkler is confident that there will be no exits of leading players before the end of the month and has cast aside speculation linking Liam Lindsay with Serie B side Brescia. HEAD COACH Michael Collins believes the Carabao Cup starting a week later this season has benefited his new-look Bradford City.
The Bantams travel to Macclesfield Town on the back of a win and a defeat under their new boss.
Usually the League Cup takes place in the first midweek of a campaign.
This time around, however, Collins was able to make use of that first Tuesday in the schedule being blank to work with the squad on the training pitch.
“It was a plus that we had a full week after the first game without another game,” he said.
“Regardless of whether you win, lose or draw that first game