Matt Hamshaw, the discussion with Tony Stewart and Rotherham United's January recruitment
MANAGER Matt Hamshaw believes he will have the full support of chairman Tony Stewart as he seeks to make more signings before the close of this month’s transfer window.
The boss is on a run of seven straight League One losses but there was cause for optimism in today's 3-2 defeat at Stockport County.
Loan striker Harry Gray made his debut, some injured players returned and the Millers looked more like the outfit that went nine third-tier matches unbeaten in October and November.
Hamshaw is seeking to bring in at least three more players before the close of business on February 2 and would also like to see the exit of some men who aren't part of his future thinking.
Gray was his first capture and he wants more.
“I'm working around the clock,” he said. “We just need a bit of backing to go out and do it. And, look, I know I'll get that. I'm sure the chairman will do that.
“We had a good conversation yesterday, and it's ‘watch this space’. We're all trying to improve the group of players that we've got.
“Now is, obviously, the time to do it. I knew this job was going to take two or three windows to get right.”
Hamshaw is grateful to Stewart for sticking by him despite a sequence of results during an injury-hit spell that has seen Rotherham slip to second bottom in the table after being close to play-off contention earlier in the campaign.
“I appreciate the fact that the club has been good with me,” he said. “There aren't many managers who would have had this run of defeats and still be standing in front of you talking to you.
“That support means the world to me. I want to give the fans something back.”
Top of his list of priorities are another centre-forward and a centre-half and he hopes a new face will be in place by the time the Millers face AFC Wimbledon at home next Saturday.
He will also bid to strengthen in other positions, particularly if some players depart and free up money on the wage bill.