BBM targeting four additions
Matty Lund wheels away after completing Dale’s comeback from three goals down against Crewe at the Crown Oil Arena on Saturday
BRIAN Barry-Murphy will try to bolster his Rochdale squad with the addition of four signings during the January transfer window.
The Dale boss said a balance would have to be struck between respecting the club’s financial safeguards – particularly in light of the budget-sapping Covid-affected landscape – and meeting the club’s on-field needs.
Arsenal loanee Tolaji Bola returned to his parent club last week, so a left-back could be a priority, while central defender Eoghan O’Connell is facing a spell on the sidelines after limping out of Saturday’s 3-3 draw against Crewe with a hamstring problem.
“In terms of the January “We plan for every instant reaction to the it was very difficult from a results and our performances. transfer window it’s similar eventuality where, if we equaliser was that I wondered physical point of view preparing to August, it’s about do feel we have a bit of what it would have for the Crewe “We have a very small respecting the club’s position money where we can been like with the supporters game. squad and younger players and understanding bring players in the likelihood here, in that “I suppose we took a lot have had to come in that the guys upstairs have is we’ll try to be as moment when you go of heart from the way that and balance that. We’ll a greater knowledge than creative as we can and from the despair of losing Accrington came back continue to do that over me in terms of making find the right people at the to such a scoreline to from a similar break, but the next few weeks and sure the club is going to be right price so that we don’t being back level and chasing physically towards the assess what we can bring okay moving forward in put our club in a position the win,” said BBM. end of Saturday’s game into the squad to try to what is a very uncertain where it becomes a problem.” “It has been very difficult you could see some of the bolster our numbers it landscape,” said BBM. in terms of playerwelfare, lads had put so much into seems to be the case that
“But I do feel as though Dale were 3-0 down at because the players it they were very fatigued. every club is missing a significant we need between three half time against Crewe in are obviously worried “It’s been the case all number of players and five players – I think their first League One fixture about their families and season that players have on any given game weekend.” that equals four! – to add for three weeks, but possibly putting them at shown signs of fatigue but to the squad. battled back gamely for a risk by being in a football haven’t had much opportunity Dale’s trip to Blackpool,
“I think that’s the kind share of the spoils with environment. to rest, so it’s just a originally scheduled for of number we need to goals from Stephen Humphrys “There have been loads case of managing that as Boxing Day, will now take bring into the squad and Matt Lund’s of developments we’ve best as we can. place on Tuesday 16th February. because we didn’t know double. had to undertake to make “This season there has Kick-off at Bloomfield what this season was It was a rewarding end things safer and then been a clear correlation Road will be 7pm. going to look like when we to what had been a tough there’s been the whole between when we have Furthermore, Dale’s started out and it has been spell off the pitch during other issue of not training. had all players available match at Doncaster Rovers’ very difficult to keep the which Dale had three “So, having a break and we have produced some Keepmoat Stadium on players going on the kind games suspended due to then coming back into it outstanding performances, Tuesday 19th January will of schedule that’s been Covid cases in the camp. without a training pitch – and when we kick-off at the earlier time provided and we just need “I don’t want to keep because everything here haven’t it’s been a struggle of 7pm, rather than some help. harping back to it but my has been snowed under – for us in terms of our 7.45pm.
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