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Blackpool boss discusses the search for a new striker
Blackpool Gazette
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23/01/2025
Steve Bruce shares the latest on Blackpool's search for a new striker following the departure of Kyle Joseph.
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00:00
Do you expect any further arrivals before this weekend's game?
00:03
Arrivals? No, I wouldn't have thought so.
00:07
I wouldn't have thought so, no.
00:09
I would have thought it would be early next week, if anything.
00:12
In your mind, do you have a certain number of how many more you want in this month?
00:16
That would be perfect to finish the month with.
00:18
Maybe one, if we can find the right one.
00:21
But it would have to be the right one.
00:23
And I've said it to you many, many times now.
00:26
I will not just bring in somebody just to make up the numbers.
00:30
We've already got enough numbers.
00:33
If somebody can make an addition to the team, can improve the team, then we'll act.
00:37
And that's the way I've always tried to manage.
00:40
And that will not change.
00:43
As I've said, I'm not a lover of the transfer window.
00:45
I believe it should be open.
00:47
If I was a player, I would go up against it and get the PFA to back me.
00:51
Because for me, it's a restriction of trade.
00:54
But that's for another argument, another debate.
00:57
Why we cram it all into this next week is ludicrous.
01:00
Especially in the lower divisions.
01:02
We should have a constant trade between players.
01:06
It can only move in certain areas.
01:09
It's a big debate, but it's not the right time to talk about it now.
01:13
On replacing Kyle, is it a balancing act between getting someone who can better and match his goals
01:18
and someone who can bring the same energy?
01:21
Kyle, the same energy.
01:24
All them attributes is what I enjoy in a player.
01:29
And that's why I think so highly of Kyle.
01:32
He trains and plays. It's his last day.
01:36
He plays with an enthusiasm.
01:38
That's why we've all enjoyed, or I've enjoyed working with him.
01:41
Wishing the best of the luck.
01:42
Can we find the right profile?
01:44
Can we find similar?
01:45
And that's what we're trying to do.
01:47
Obviously, goals is what you need.
01:50
But how hard is that going to be to find this month?
01:52
Very, very difficult.
01:54
There was one or two.
01:56
We were close to one in particular.
01:58
Who got a move to the championship a week ago.
02:03
So that didn't materialise.
02:06
But look, we'll keep looking.
02:08
We'll keep trying.
02:09
As I said, we've got one or two things on the boil.
02:12
Let's see what develops over the next week.
02:14
Could it be about finding a long-term project?
02:16
Someone like Kyle who's a bit raw when he comes in.
02:18
And then, hopefully, Bellassom would be ready to kick on.
02:21
Well, the right profile, yeah.
02:23
He's got to tick the boxes for us.
02:26
It's a big position, huge position.
02:29
Centre forward is the big ones to look for.
02:33
But, as I said, we've got three or four on the books now.
02:37
Fletch, over the last five, six weeks in particular,
02:40
has played very, very well.
02:42
We've got Jordan Rhodes.
02:43
Jordan Rhodes blocks and can play down the middle,
02:46
as we've seen last week too.
02:47
So we're not exactly threadbare in that position.
02:50
So, yeah, but we'll keep looking.
02:54
Could the goalscoring of the players currently a click in
02:57
or getting someone else in?
02:58
You can add to that, define the season for you.
03:01
Well, we've certainly got to take our chances.
03:03
We've created enough.
03:05
When we're two wide players in particular are playing,
03:08
then we do create chances, that's for sure.
03:11
We haven't taken them.
03:12
So can we be a bit more clinical to the people who are here
03:16
and can we get somebody who's going to help us in that department?
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