Royle to bring in loan striker

"I now know we can play well in the middle but are lacking something at both ends," he said after the 2-1 home defeat.

"We had some good spells and sometimes passed the ball sweetly, but we didn't look like scoring many goals."

"I've got three senior strikers out injured and that is causing problems.

"I hope to have a loan player in soon because, with Marcus Bent giving us problems and now Alun Armstrong suffering a hamstring, we're in trouble."