'Conversations all the time' - Schumacher issues update on striker search

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Steven Schumacher says Wanderers are working hard to bolster their strike department – but insists they must get the 'right player" in.
Bolton are looking to add a different profile to the frontline following the arrivals of Sam Dalby and Mason Burstow.
Schumacher says they cannot rush the decision, especially with Dalby set to return from injury in a couple of weeks.
He is also looking to recruit another wide player following the additions of Amario Cozier-Dubery and Thierry Gale.
'The lads are working hard, we are having conversations all the time,' Schumacher told The Bolton News.
'We have got to get the right person in, we've got to get the right player. I keep saying it all the time, it's a different profile because I don't want the same strikers.
'Sam Dalby isn't too far away so that gives us time to go, 'We don't need to rush because he's going to be here in a couple of weeks'. Mason will get better with the games that he plays so we have to get it right and not rush it.'
David Abimbola and Daeshon Lawrence filled in during pre-season but Schumacher opted to put Burstow straight into the starting line-up at Stockport County.
The head coach saw some positive early signs from the Hull City loanee as he builds up his sharpness.
'I think he did OK, he will get better with the more games that he plays. That was his first 60 minutes,' he assessed.
'In all of the pre-season, he has only played 30 or 45 minutes for Hull so he will get stronger. But I think he's shown enough to say that he's good in possession, he competes and he's physical.'
Max Conway was also handed an opportunity in the starting line-up at Edgeley Park and didn't look out of place.
The left-back had been around the first team in pre-season following a successful loan spell at Crewe Alexandra in League Two last term.
Richard Taylor is also nearing a return from injury, and Schumacher explained why he decided against bringing in a further left-back option.
'I didn't want to just bring somebody in and play him in ahead of Max,' the boss explained. 'Max has done well in pre-season and how are we going to know if he is good enough if he doesn't play?
'In all the pre-season games, in the game today, he has defended better. What I asked him from day one of pre-season, I showed him clips of his stuff from Crewe last year where he wasn't close enough to a wide player.
'We asked him to be more aggressive because he can run. I want to give him an opportunity to play because he's one of our own and we should.
'Richard Taylor won't be far behind. We think he'd be best suited as a left-back for us. He can also play centre-back.
'I don't want to waste money in a left-back area when I need a striker and a wide player.'