BRISTOL City manager Gary Johnson admits he is unlikely to

plunge into the transfer market before next Monday's

deadline.

Johnson admitted he momentarily lost faith with his players

after a disappointing performance at Crewe which saw them

unceremoniously dumped out of the Carling Cup on Tuesday

night.

However, he believes he has a squad which may not need

adding to – unless the right man comes along.

Johnson said: "People like you to talk about transfers but

sometimes you have to get behind the people who are here.

"They're the ones who have got us here, they're the ones who

have got us very disappointed in getting beat at Crewe, but

they're the ones that are also very happy with the way we

played at Coventry.

"As a manager you've got to keep a bit of a level head. Try

and work things when you've lost and try and encourage them

when you've won.

"Sometimes players prove that you don't need anyone and

sometimes they prove that you do but you've still got to bring

in the right people and there's a lot of clubs out there who

are bringing in people just for the sake of it."

Johnson has injury concerns of his own with Jamie McCombe,

Marvin Elliott, Christian Ribeiro, Jordan Walker, Scott Murray

and now Jamie McAllister out of action.

There's no crisis though. Andy Webster has come in as

defensive cover for McCombe, Elliott will be back in a

fortnight if not sooner, McCombe a month after that, Murray is

back training and initial reaction is that McAllister's knock

is only skin deep.

Johnson said: "I won't lose faith in these players. I lost

faith in them (on Tuesday) and I told them so.

"We know this group of players don't often have two or three

bad games on the trot and hopefully we can pick them up ready

for Saturday.

"That doesn't mean to say we're not disappointed with them

and ourselves for being out of the cup. I've got to explain

that to the chairman and that'll be the hardest interview I

do."

If the right transfer target does appear on Johnson's radar

in the final days of the transfer window then now is a good

time to approach the chairman. Chairman Steve Lansdown's

company, Hargreaves Lansdown, run with business partner Peter

Hargreaves, announced a 42 per cent rise in operating profits

yesterday to the tune of £57.8 million.