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The media feeding frenzy that is the transfer window is off and steaming. For the past couple of seasons, it’s largely passed us by - the odd loan signing or departure aside. This season however promises to be different. Already (and we are just four days in) the sale of Buzsaky to QPR has been confirmed (£500,000); Barry Hayles has toddled off to the East Midlands to be Holloway’s grass in the dressing-room (£150,000); Dan Gosling is as I write finalising a £1.5 million move to Everton and Argyle are considering a £250,000 bid from Southend for Rory Fallon. I make that a warchest of £2.4 million (assuming and expecting that receipts for players will be spent on players), which is more than we’ve ever, ever had. How should it be best spent?To date, the only in movement has been the arrival of Lukas Jutkieiwcz from Everton on loan for the rest of the season. Jutkiewicz is a lanky striker, who impressed under Luggy at Swindon and who apparently has made further strides at the school of science. I look forward to my first sighting of him in tomorrow’s Cup match at home to Hull. Denes Rosa and Pat Boyle are supposedly coming on loan: we’ve apparently made a £100,000 bid for Exeter striker Jamie Mackie. I am assuming - and hoping - that there are one or two big signings being lined up, possibly from Scotland. Here’s a list of what I think we need, together with some suggestions: Striker - with Fallon and probably Chadwick set to go, our frontline is thin, consisting of SEB, Easter, Lukas, Barnes and Mackie (if he joins). WIn the race for Stuart Fleetwood, please Luggy. Or do the dirty on Swindon and sign Reading striker Simon Cox.Midfield playmaker to replace Buzsaky. This might be Rosa, but that scent has gone a little quiet (hows that for a mixed metaphor!) in recent days. 19 year old Kevin McDonald of Dundee has been attracting interest and rave reviews - he may have better offers though. Birmingham’s Neil Danns might be an option.Full-backs - at least a right-back. No clue.Sturrock has said he want to trim the squad and lose some of its flab, getting it down to 23. As things stand, we’re at (checks programme) 25, including Laird, Mason, Saxton and Watts. Everything points to a bumpy few weeks.
