“What he has said from day one is he’s not going to bring players in for the sake of it. He wants to improve the team, improve the squad and if you can’t get the right player he isn’t going to bring someone in that’s a waste of money if you know what I mean?

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Because I think we have done that in the past – not saying players are a waste of money – but it hasn’t quite worked or it hasn’t been the right character for the football club.

“With the players the manager has brought in, you see they’ve worked and they’ve gelled with the squad.

“So I think if it doesn’t work out, if we don’t get the players that we want then we’ll stick with what we’ve got and we’ll reinforce in the summer.”