Davey heads up Reds' recruitment drive

BARNSLEY boss Simon Davey could not have spread his recruitment net wider as the January transfer window stretches towards its third week.</p>


Having put another keeper on the books in ex-Preston and Sheffield Wednesday's 29-year-old David Lucas and brought over a Manchester United left back in Adam Eckersley, the Oakwell chief wants more cover all over the pitch.</p>


The message is that no-one's place in the team appears safe.</p>


&quot;We're passed the Christmas period, the squad we've got has put us third from bottom and we need to improve on that,&quot; he said. &quot;It needs a fresh impetus from players outside. The players we've got in are responding as well.&quot;</p>


Eckersley is earmarked to make his debut on Saturday against third from top Preston.
Davey hopes he won't be the only new face in his squad.</p>


He explained: &quot;We're still in some deals at the moment, we're down the road with some of them. Possibly one will be here within the next day or so. We're yet to have a call on that.&quot;</p>


He added: &quot;That's the process we're in. We're in the situation where, in this month every club in the country is after players and specifically we're after players that a lot of clubs are after so we're in the fight to get them.</p>


&quot;We need players in every department. We've got deals on the table for forwards, midfielders and defenders.&quot;</p>


Barnsley are still interested in Bury midfielder Dwayne Mattis. </p>


Bury turned down a second bid from Barnsley last week for the 25-year-old. </p>

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pretty much what he said last night nt