On Ross Hannah...
" Ross was involved for Bradford on Saturday, and at the moment they've got injuries. Our latest offer has either been accepted or is very close to being accepted, but we were told that we'd have to wait on it because of the injuries they've picked up. I would have thought he would be involved again for them today. We would then have to agree personal terms and everything else, but at the moment he's needed over at Bradford. We want to move pretty quickly on that. A good offer has gone in and I'm not sure how long Bradford would sit on that. We haven't put an actual deadline on it, but we want things to happen pretty quickly. In the next week or so, we'd like to have him here or have moved on to another target. We've always got players in mind and I think Ross is aware of that. You can sometimes use it as a bit of a threat, but it's not that. We feel we need to bring in another striker and we want to continue our promotion push – to do that we need players in the building."
On Jamie Devitt...
" We've spoken with Hull about Jamie Devitt but that's a situation that's a bit up in the air in terms of what the player's exact situation is – whether there's going to be anything there for him next season or whether he's looking at getting a pay-out. That one is very much in their court, but again if it doesn't pick up any speed then we'll be moving elsewhere. We're not sure what the player or his agent wants. As far as we're aware, the player was going to speak to Hull and clarify that, but he's one of a number of players out there. He ticks a lot of boxes but we're not prepared to wait forever on these things. We want people in as soon as possible so they can settle in quickly and we can move forward for the rest of the season. The lads that came in previously all settled in instantly. That's not always the case, so you give yourself a better chance the sooner you can get them in, integrate them, get them used to training and to us as managers."
On other wingers...
" We'd still like another wide player because we've got Joe (Colbeck) and Marcus (Marshall) but we'd like a little bit more competition there. We've got Louie Soares as well but he hasn't had much football with us. We've also got people like Frankie Artus who can fill in there. But we want to be strong and to be able to put out as strong a team as possible, or turn to the bench and have plenty of players who can make a difference. Wingers, as much as anyone, are players that can be brilliant on their day but find on other days it doesn't quite come off for them. We've seen the impact that Scott, Marcus and Joe, coming back on Boxing Day, has had on the team."
On Nathan Pond...
" Nathan will be going back to Fleetwood, so we'll have to monitor that one. The difference there is that we've got Ian Miller, Shaun Pearson and Simon Ford, so we're not too weak in that area. I don't think we'll get him back immediately because they're going to want to have a look at him. The noises we are getting are that they definitely want to have him involved there, so it looks unlikely that we would secure him for the rest of the season or longer. We'll go ahead as we are and if that's the situation at the end of the month we'll see how we've got on and decide whether we need to bring anyone else in."
On Anthony Elding...
" We're waiting for some news on Anthony from Preston. It's a little bit unclear as things currently stand. His current loan spell is due to expire and we've put a request in to see if they'll be extending that, but we haven't heard anything back just yet. We're not saying it's not going to happen but as we stand that's the situation. They have seven subs in the Football League and he's been involved in the match-day squads, and started a couple of games. So, on that front, it looks positive but at the same time they may just feel they need to freshen things up. I wouldn't like to take a guess on that."
On possible exits...
" We've had one enquiry about a player recently – I'm not going to go into who that is but that may pan out as we move forward. We've got a few situations that need resolving, it's very much about keeping people in the building at the moment and not letting people leave. Given our current position and form, we're an obvious place to look. But, as I say, we need to get our own house in order first before potentially helping anyone else out."
