The club seemed to have learnt from the Genius James summer recruitment window that you cannot get away with recruiting for nothing from non league/ lower leagues and putting them straight in the first team. The clubs original attempt at this strategy has fallen apart with the players being sent out on loan-

Lopata--Port vale
Shepherd--Cheltenham
Lofthouse--MK Dons
Dallas--Oldham
Shaw--out to Motherwell, now recalled

Fishing in a slightly different pool hopefully Pines (free) and Earl (undisclosed) will prove more experience having played at a higher level.

We have lost on loan Styles, whose heart wasn't in it, and failed in the attempted replacement with Byers.

Upfront no changes. I would have like to have seen an "old pro" in the Norwood/ Scotland mould.

I'm fairly neutral on this window but pleased to see no extension of the fishing in the lower league/ non league pond for freebies.