Dale Vince: Forest Green Rovers owner 'determined' to avoid relegation

David Horseman (right) was appointed in July and has overseen four league wins at Forest Green

Forest Green owner Dale Vince said there will be "quite a few signings" in the January transfer window as he aims to turn the club around and avoid relegation back to non-league football.

The Gloucestershire side are 23rd in League Two and have not won in their last four league games.

Vince said he was "determined" to not let the club get relegated for the second successive season.

He also backed head coach David Horseman despite fan unrest at results.

"It's not an ideal place to be, it's a little bit like last year, a bit like groundhog day in a way but I'm determined not to let it [relegation] happen," he told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

"The conversations are between David, me and Allan [Steele] our director of football and we're all on the same page.

"If anything, I've pushed the conversation further, pushed the envelope further, in terms of what we need to do just to take away any inhibition of what might be required budget-wise.

"I've said, 'blank sheet of paper, what do we really need to turn this around? Where are we weak on the pitch? What do we need to bring in?'

"We've got our target list - it'll be quite a few recruitments in January."

'A number' of reasons for Forest Green's struggles

Forest Green dropped back down to the fourth tier this season after one campaign in League One.

They were knocked out of the EFL Trophy this week and have to replay their FA Cup first round tie next Tuesday again Scarborough Athletic - which they had won - after admitting in an Football Association investigation they fielded an ineligible player.

Although they are three points from safety with a game in hand on Tranmere immediately above them, their last league win came on 28 October.

"We've spent a lot of time looking at the reasons for our current league position. There are a number of them," Vince said.

"I'm confident that we've put a lot of time and thought into this, and analysis, and we're doing everything we possibly can to solve the issues we have."

Vince called on fans to back Horseman, who was appointed over the summer, after a section had been booing the team at the end of recent matches.

"It certainly doesn't help motivate a team that needs support, they need positivity and the team is not just the players it is the staff as well," Vince added.

"We've got to get behind them and help them do our job, that's certainly how I approach it and that's what we're doing."