7:30am Thursday 9th September 2010
By Anthony Marshall
DANNY Wilson believes Town fans may not see new arrivals at the County Ground until at least the end of the month, to ensure his side are well covered for the Christmas period.
With the emergency loan window now open, Wilson has the option to bring in players on a temporary basis up to a maximum of 93 days.
And leaving those deals until the start of October would ensure that a busy festive spell is covered - a common tactic for most managers including Wilson.
“It would be daft not to (have the loans covering Christmas), because that is one of the busiest periods of the season,” he told the Advertiser.
“You would ideally try and encompass all that together.
“We will identify the players but it may not happen in the next week or so.
“We will assess ourselves over the period and not rush into things like we have always said.
“And we feel that with the lads starting to put a bit of momentum together, it gives us a little bit of breathing space.
“But it still doesn’t alter the fact that we need one or two areas to be covered, and those areas will be priority for us.”
With goals being shipped at an alarming rate in the season’s early games, one of those “priority” targets was an experienced centre-back.
But following successive clean sheets and a handful of impressive performances from centre-backs Scott Cuthbert, Sean Morrison and Lecsinel Jean-Francois, Wilson hinted that Swindon’s focus may be changing.
“We have wanted our lads to prove themselves, and in a few areas that maybe we questioned they are starting to gel very well - and by that I mean the full-back and centre-back positions.
“With all due respect, Sean, Scott and Lecsy have surprised me over the last few games, and surprised me very pleasantly.
“We thought we maybe needed experience straight away, but the way they are forging a relationship may give us a bit of breathing space.”
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