So apparently SB has said:
"We're talking to QPR. that's all we are at the moment, talking to them," Bruce told BBC Radio Humberside.
"We hope that we can try and resolve something next week if we possibly can and we'll see what develops."
I know things are never straightforward, but DJ Campbell has been a QPR player all season, so couldn't these exploratory talks have happened even before the window if Bruce had targetted him. Also considering we're now two thirds of the way through the window does anyone know of any strikers we have officially been in talks with?
Pearson moved in for Wood from West Brom before anyone could blink at the start of January and in doing so 'stole a march' on all of his rivals. I also seem to remember him doing the same with Fryatt and Mclean for us a few seasons ago. His tactics seem to be; get the prelims done in advance and get the players before others can come sniffing - Not a bad strategy.
To be fair SB has made a priority of signing our loan players and I can see his logic, but yet again we seem to be in a lottery chasing the most sought after goal-scoring strikers to fill the position(s) where we are most desperate. In the next 11 days selling clubs will squeeze desperate buyers like ourselves more and more and we will either have to bow down to that or abandon talks and take our place in the final day scramble (which we are all too familiar with).
Bruce is known for the quality of players he can bring to his clubs, but I'm not sure whether he has had enough 'on the ground' support during this window by others doing the spadework and letting him get on with his main football duties. Apparently AP used to do much of this when he was here, so who is responsible now and why aren't they lining up SB's targets with the preliminary talks already covered?
"We're talking to QPR. that's all we are at the moment, talking to them," Bruce told BBC Radio Humberside.
"We hope that we can try and resolve something next week if we possibly can and we'll see what develops."
I know things are never straightforward, but DJ Campbell has been a QPR player all season, so couldn't these exploratory talks have happened even before the window if Bruce had targetted him. Also considering we're now two thirds of the way through the window does anyone know of any strikers we have officially been in talks with?
Pearson moved in for Wood from West Brom before anyone could blink at the start of January and in doing so 'stole a march' on all of his rivals. I also seem to remember him doing the same with Fryatt and Mclean for us a few seasons ago. His tactics seem to be; get the prelims done in advance and get the players before others can come sniffing - Not a bad strategy.
To be fair SB has made a priority of signing our loan players and I can see his logic, but yet again we seem to be in a lottery chasing the most sought after goal-scoring strikers to fill the position(s) where we are most desperate. In the next 11 days selling clubs will squeeze desperate buyers like ourselves more and more and we will either have to bow down to that or abandon talks and take our place in the final day scramble (which we are all too familiar with).
Bruce is known for the quality of players he can bring to his clubs, but I'm not sure whether he has had enough 'on the ground' support during this window by others doing the spadework and letting him get on with his main football duties. Apparently AP used to do much of this when he was here, so who is responsible now and why aren't they lining up SB's targets with the preliminary talks already covered?
