7:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010
By Sam Morshead
DANNY Wilson has guaranteed Town fans there will be new faces arriving at the County Ground imminently after the emergency loan window opened yesterday.
Wilson only added one player to his roster during January in the form of striker Vincent Pericard, and the Swindon boss revealed he was confident of snapping up a handful of temporary acquisitions to bolster the club’s bid for promotion out of League One.
“Some players will definitely be coming in,” Wilson told the Advertiser.
“We don’t have anything after this window so we have to make sure that we do bring someone in.”
Despite denying fitness was a factor as Town let in another late goal against Charlton on Saturday, Wilson admitted he was thin on the ground in terms of playing resources.
“We haven’t got a big squad,” he said.
“What you saw on Saturday, without Alan Sheehan and Vincent, is what we’ve got on the bench, and that is it.”
The Town manager confirmed he has already made preliminary inquiries for several players, and is currently waiting on replies.
And Wilson was optimistic the new additions would arrive in time for the trip to Huddersfield Town on Saturday, although he remained adamant he would not make panic signings.
“There are lots of phone calls going in as usual, although nothing will happen before the game (against Oldham),” he said.
“Hopefully by Saturday we’ll have some good news, but at this moment in time we won’t have anything for tomorrow night.
“We’ve got to have some sort of backup.
“Ideally we’d like to get our first choices but we’ll wait and see how they pan out.”
Wilson refused to reveal most of the names of players he was targeting, but confirmed an approach had been made for winger Matt Ritchie, who is currently plying his trade for beleaguered Premier League side Portsmouth.
“He’s one of them, but again they may have the same sort of problem we have,” said Wilson.
“They’ve got no players at Portsmouth, so whether they’ll let them out at this moment in time is arguable.
“We’re just waiting for answers to come back.”
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