ROTHERHAM United's summer recruitment is not finished yet, but Alex Bruce made one pleasing observation earlier this week.

It came after his side's final pre-season friendly on Tuesday evening, when Bruce reflected upon having eight signings over the line with another waiting to be rubber-stamped in Tom Bradshaw, who was wearing a Millers tracksuit in the stands.

It's a far cry from when the Millers chief first arrived at the club in late June. Back then, he only had eight or nine first-team players to work with.

Bruce said: "When I drove away from the stadium the other night after the Derby game, if you'd have said to me after the Parkgate game, the first one of pre-season, that we would shape up like that and we'd be looking the way we were, I'd have probably snatched your hands off to be brutally honest.

Bruce has signed a deal until the summer of 2028. Picture courtesy of RUFC.

placeholder image — Bruce has signed a deal until the summer of 2028. Picture courtesy of RUFC.

"Does that mean that we are done and dusted and we're all happy (in the transfer market)? Absolutely not.

"We've still got a lot of work to do. I have to reiterate that. But in terms of the progress that we're making, considering it's such a new, fresh group as well, I've been relatively pleased so far.

"I still think I need a few more bodies. I don't think I'm wrong in saying that."

Bruce's new arrivals include two senior strikers in Bradshaw and Paul Mullin, although he remains coy over whether he will operate with one frontman or play with both.

Latest Rotherham United signing Tom Bradshaw. Picture courtesy of RUFC.

The Millers chief, who could make a decision regarding trialist duo Sonny Aljofree and Jake Turner by the end of today, continued: "I'm not going to give too much away.

"If I said they're going to play as a two, then it would be pretty obvious what formation we're going to play.

"I'm flexible. I can do a few different things at the minute."