Town boss Paul Jewell says the transfer window is a "pain in the backside" and would prefer a return to the old system where clubs could do business throughout the season until the deadline in March. This summer's window closes at 11pm on Wednesday.

Jewell said: “I would do away with the transfer window because it’s a pain in the backside. Every time you put on the TV it’s the countdown to the transfer window. I know how many seconds it is to the transfer window shutting, which is ridiculous.

“Then the media have nothing to ask about for three months, certainly the Premier League guys, because everything gets condensed into the transfer window.”

The Blues boss would prefer a return to the old system: “I’d leave it the way it used to be. I don’t see with anything wrong with how it used to be.

“We used to have a transfer deadline on the last Thursday in March, which I think we all accepted because there were only so many games to go.”

He says the current arrangement favours the bigger Premier League sides: “When you’re talking about August and the transfer window closing, everyone has to be where they are after a certain time and the big clubs can carry a huge number of players without worrying about the financial aspect and other clubs can’t.

“When I was manager of Wigan we found it extremely difficult to get players in. What happens is that because we’re all desperate to get players in, prices get hugely inflated and it’s like a game of poker — if you don’t pay for the players, you don’t get them and you leave yourself short.

“Sometimes you’ll take players that maybe you wouldn’t because maybe you’d be a bit more selective if you had a bit more time.

“What happens if you buy two strikers the day before deadline day and they both get severely injured? You’re snookered, aren’t you?”

Despite making 11 signings this summer Jewell is still looking for further additions to his Town squad with the possibility of more players coming in before Wednesday’s deadline.

The Blues boss has also confirmed that he will look at adding to his squad when the ‘emergency’ loan option becomes available in a week’s time with Stoke’s Danny Collins looking a likely recruit at that point.

There could also be players moving out of Portman Road with Middlesbrough reported to have joined the clubs eyeing striker Jason Scotland.

The likes of Shane O’Connor, Jaime Peters and Tamás Priskin are all out of favour and look likely to leave at some point, while Portsmouth recently made an offer for skipper Grant Leadbitter.

Elsewhere, former Blues loanee Giovani Dos Santos has been linked with a move from Spurs to Wigan, having previously been mentioned in connection with Sevilla and Udinese amongst others this summer.

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MaySixth added 11:00 - Aug 30 "Window a pain" Very good lads
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UsualSuspect added 11:01 - Aug 30 Window a pain, liking it Phil.
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daniel9624 added 11:03 - Aug 30 Like the window, but do think it should be closed when the season starts!
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francisb123 added 11:06 - Aug 30 GIO Sign him up!
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Back_The_Boss added 11:07 - Aug 30 I guess its why they call it window pain.
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bluelady added 11:10 - Aug 30 hmm wonder who he has bought when not being able to be selective?
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yerfdog87 added 11:40 - Aug 30 Sign gio up, bet he would join us ratha than wigan. Gio would be quality to get back and play on wing
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Bradders612 added 11:41 - Aug 30 Still feel that Nile Ranger will finish our strong attacking force :) x
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ITFC4daprem added 11:52 - Aug 30 lets make a 3-4mil bid for Gio
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TractorMan added 12:48 - Aug 30 Bradders612 - I assume you're joking, but if not the Lone Ranger, or come to it Tonto would be a better bet....
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blue_em_away added 13:08 - Aug 30 yerfdog87 Why the hell would Gio rather sign for us than Wigan??? If we were both in the prem that would be different - but we're not!
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Basil_Smallpiece added 13:34 - Aug 30 We Need Twelve More Before Wednesday says Jewell (or I'm off). Sonko = Thetis. Nice comparison. Hands up who's heard of Thetis! (Club stooges urgently going to Wikipedia).
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fourth added 14:03 - Aug 30 Shake yourself up PJ. This is negative stuff. Time to move on/. What is IS. (Like the players you have) Make the most of it and stop bleating. They will do the job. Now it's up to you.
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johnhazlebum added 14:29 - Aug 30 "Jewell: A Real Pain"
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Back_The_Boss added 14:37 - Aug 30 Window is a pain in the glass!
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DiamondGezzer added 15:15 - Aug 30 Fourth :- I think its up to him to get the last pieces together of our jig-saw, I think we all know we are missing a couple more.
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Tractorog added 15:28 - Aug 30 Its a bit depressing how many fans think they are the first to LATCH on to Phil's window gag. My radical suggestion for the buying transfer window is a rolling buying window that closes earlier the higher up the league(s) you are (practically probably best to split the leagues into top an bottom halves). The idea is that this will encourage money to flow from richer clubs to poorer. The more successful you are the sooner your window closes so you end up paying slightly over the odds (probably) then your window closes and you can still sell but only to lower division teams. That way the big clubs dont buy important players at the last minute leaving small clubs unable to complete their squads and big clubs have no incentive to hold on to fringe players but can let them go out on loan or sell them knowing who they have bought. I can dream.

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Tractorog added 15:29 - Aug 30 I forgot to say that Phils window pun is a smashing gag.
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samassiabou added 15:50 - Aug 30 Think PJ is getting his excuses in early for not getting any more players in! Back_the_boss did it take long to think of that gag?!
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DutchTownFan added 18:55 - Aug 30 I agree with your transferwindow idea Tractorog, it would be great! But it's never going to happen as the big clubs are the clubs with the most power, they'll never let it happen. Gio would be a fantastic signing but I think it more important to get in a classy CB, RB and (back-up)keeper. Don't think Gio would sign anyway. Come on PJ, get on the phone for the next 28 or so hours and sign them up!!! Any of those he doesn't get now will probably arrive on loan, hope that's as little as possible!!!

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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 18:57 - Aug 30 With the benefit of a little modern-day Swedish, I can tell you that "window" comes from Old Norse "vindauga" ("wind" + "eye" - in other words, the house's "eye to the wind.") Just wanted to disprove the frequent allegation that I'm completely BLIND to things other than football!
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broomfield123 added 21:03 - Aug 30 I'm shattered
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