Blackpool head coach Steve Bruce discusses the latest ongoings in the transfer market.
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00:00You mentioned you've put a couple of bids in. A player you've been linked with is James Berry from Chesterfield.
00:04I ain't going to give you any names because I think that would be morally wrong and I'm from the old school.
00:13So you can write it or you can say it, away you've got it from, but I ain't going to tell you who we've bid for.
00:22He's a player who does play on the left, a winger. Is that a key area for this window to back up CJ and Rob?
00:29Look, I think you have to look at what we've got and the way we play. We've got two out and out wide players who are very good.
00:38CJ and young Rob. Young Rob's had a wonderful first season in his introduction to life in Division 1.
00:45CJ is a threat in any division, especially in this one, but we haven't got any natural wide players to back them up.
00:54And what's happened with CJ, being out for the best part of 8 weeks, 10 weeks, we've been fiffing and faddling around really with whether they're fullbacks or midfield players.
01:05So it's an area where we need strengthening, so you don't have to be a scientist to work that out like yourself.
01:15As well as obviously backing up and preparing for injuries in that area, would it also help those two starters?
01:21You know, if they're having a tough game or being marked out of games, would it help them having other options?
01:25Look, the more options you've got, the better obviously, but it's pretty obvious to try and play the way we want to try and play.
01:33We're two out and out wide players. CJ's been missing for 8, 10 weeks, so we've missed him and we haven't had any natural successor to him who can fill in there.
01:43We've got abundance of centre backs, we've got abundance of left backs, we're covered in midfield areas, up the top end of the pitch in wide areas, we're a bit short.