Steve Bruce provided an update on Blackpool's stance this month as he reflected on his side's 2-0 victory over Lincoln City at the LNER Stadium.
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00:00You said you might have been close to getting something done before today. Do you think you'll be close to getting something done before Charlton?
00:06Well, I think you better go and bring me Sporting Direct.
00:11We'll see. We'll see. It's a crazy time as it is, but I'll reiterate what I've just said.
00:17I'm not going to do anything, or we will not do anything, unless it's the right one and we get the right person through the door.
00:25Yeah, you're on the right person. Does the form of Asher Fletcher and Tom Blocks and how he's sitting in up front make it that harder to find someone who can come in and compete with him?
00:33Well, there's the standard. There's the standard. It's all about the squad.
00:40And we've seen when we had two, three, four injuries, then we haven't been able to cope well enough, if we're being brutally honest.
00:47We have missed big players for a lot of months, though. There's Elkin Baggett for a start, and Sonny and people like that have been out for a long time.
00:56CJ, you know, big players, important players. And even at elite level, if you lose four or five of your team, then it becomes difficult.
01:06Has that got to be in the back of your mind this month, thinking you might need to sign one or two more just to avoid that crisis level again?
01:13Well, we don't want that crisis level, but everybody comes upon it. Yeah, I mean, I think we've let six go, which that needed to be done too, you know.
01:21So, you know, it's, as I said, we're looking. I think we'll actively do something. I think we're close to one or two things.
01:30Let's see what develops over the next week. And you just have to be patient and ask me again on Saturday, is anybody coming in Steve? We'll see.
01:40And Ashley Fletcher again, is that a play in confidence, that finish, and everything else he does as well across the pitch?
01:46Well, look, you need ability to finish like that. It's a real class finish. I'm delighted for him. He's put in the hard yards, all of a sudden turned round this scenario he was in.
02:00All of a sudden, people are seeing Ashley Fletcher again and talking about him again, which is great to see.
02:06I'm delighted he's here. Obviously, tough start here, but other clubs as well.
02:09Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever happened. Look, he's enjoying his football at the minute again, and you can see that the way he plays.
02:17Certainly, the finish, he was a bit of sheer ability.
02:22But he's on the line at times. How pleasing was that determination?
02:25Terrific defenders, putting their head in it, blocks, the challenges that were coming in. They were absolutely fantastic to a man.
02:34Is it a team that's really together now?
02:36Well, I know what we're capable of. That inconsistency back when I first started, we now really, when I look at it, we didn't deserve to lose at Bolton, in my opinion.
02:49We didn't lose to Wrexham. I think that's the only two we've lost, really, in 12 or 13. So, there's a bit of consistency coming.
02:59The performance levels have been good, in my opinion. We just haven't got the rewards as in wins. So, let's hope we can turn that round.