West Brom head coach Tony Pulis targets reinforcements after Everton defeat
Saturday 20 August 2016 18:37, UK
West Brom head coach Tony Pulis has said he wants to bring in further reinforcements to his squad following Saturday's loss to Everton.
After the game, Pulis admitted that Everton had a bit more quality than his side and he was looking to bring in more players before the end of the transfer window.
"I thought we were in control of it first half and was really disappointed to give that goal away," the manager said.
"One or two of the players switched off and they score with almost the last kick of the half and that gave them the impetus.
"When they are able to bring Lukaku, Bolasie and Williams on, there's a little bit of quality there that I think second half, they had that little bit more than us.
"Our squad is stretched at the moment but they are a great group of lads who work very hard for one another and they've done that for 90 minutes or 94 minutes in the game again today. They do that every week but we need to bring some players in."
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The club were taken over by Chinese company Yunyi Guokai (Shanghai) Sports Development Limited earlier this month and Pulis is hoping that, alongside chairman Jeremy Peace, they can help with recruitment.
"We've got 10 days to get the players in and10 days to do some business. Hopefully the Chinese owners who were over today - obviously Jeremy still has the majority share - and we're hoping and praying that they will get together and they'll give us a pot of money that will enable us to bring players in."
The Baggies now travel to Northampton Town in the EFL Cup on Tuesday evening which could see the majority of Saturday's+ starting XI feature in the game.
"Whatever way you cook it, even if you play the five people on the bench, another four or five will have to play as starters so half the team that has played today will have to play."
