Stephen Robinson has been speaking to the media before St Mirren visit Dundee United in the Premiership on Saturday.
Here are the key lines from the Buddies boss:
Robinson tried to bring Toyosi Olusanya back to Paisley, but "we didn't have the funds to do what we wish" and the Houston Dynamo forward instead joined Aberdeen.
Injured midfielders Keanu Baccus and Mark O'Hara are three or four weeks away from returning and Robinson says he'll have to do some "wheeling and dealing" to strengthen that position before the transfer window closes.
He adds: "We've brought two strikers in so the board have backed that, which is great, and we need to find a way to either move people out or people that aren't happy not playing football, then create that yourself."
He says the positivity is back at the club after a few weeks where "everyone was feeling a little bit sorry for themselves with the injuries". New arrivals have helped provide a "freshness" and Robinson is ready to give opportunities to players who have "trained particularly well".
He says the acquisition of strikers Jake Young and Kion Etete, who will both be in the squad to face United, gives him options and creates competition up front where Mikael Mandron has been "playing constantly without a break".
Young especially offers the ability to get in behind defences, a quality that the injured Jonah Ayunga offered.
On United, Robinson says: "They always pose a challenge. I think Jim Goodwin's recruitment has been very good. United are a big club and they'll be hoping to get into the top six. We have to go there and get a result. We've done that in the past."
