Davies targets striker swoop
17 Aug 2007 - 08:51:59
Derby County manager Billy Davies says he is desperate to add more firepower to his Rams squad before the transfer window shuts at the end of the month.
The Rams have picked up one point from their first two games back in the top-flight, leaving Davies to ponder further moves into the transfer market to secure reinforcements.
He said: "We are having to grow up very quickly in the Premier League and get used to our new surroundings.
"To be brutally honest, we should still be in the Championship because we are two years ahead of the schedule we worked out in the boardroom at the start of last season.
"We are having to learn some very big lessons and the biggest one to date is that when we get our goalscoring chances, we have to take them.
"I have been reasonably pleased with the way we have acquitted ourselves in the first two games and I certainly could not have asked the players for more in terms of commitment.
"But we should have had three points against Portsmouth when we only got one and we should have had one point at Manchester City, where we came away with nothing.
"We have not been ruthless enough in front of goal and that is my major cause for concern.
"It is definite we need more firepower and so I am very, very keen to add to the squad in that area. We are in discussions on several fronts."