I was not at the game (thankfully deciding against a 150 mile round trip), so I cannot comment on it.
However it would appear that adding further to the already bloated squad as rumoured may not be the answer to our prayers (it's Sunday morning after all). Unfortunately the problem seems to lie in getting the best out of the squad and individual players.
Doolan is a young, inexperienced manager and I'm sure would benefit from some help. And so I wonder if the Club could use the services of a retired, experienced manager on a week by week basis to advise Doolan. This is common practice elsewhere - for example a chairperson helping and advising a CEO. That would probably be a less costly option and I'm sure would be more effective than the next least cost option.
Maybe Doolan is overthinking his tactics and simply needs some wise words of advice.