Blues boss Paul Jewell believes the transfer window ought to shut before the season starts believing the current situation to be “organised chaos”.

Jewell said: “I think the window should be closed before the season starts. Whether there should be a window or not, I don’t know.

“But if there’s got to be a window, I don’t quite understand why it ends in the third week of the season.

“Let’s put the season back or have the window close a week before the season starts and then we wouldn’t have this nonsensical 24-hour-a-day ticker-tape, he’s gone here, he’s gone there and cameras outside training grounds. It’s great TV but as a manager it’s just organised chaos.”

However, he says Championship clubs aren’t as limited by the situation as top flight sides: “It doesn’t really affect us in a way, to be brutally honest, because the window opens [for loans] next week.

“It’s only the Premier League teams who can’t add to their squads. There will be deals to be had this time next week from Premier League teams and I’m hoping we’re going to be involved in some of them.

“They’ll name their squad and the players who are out of their squad who don’t figure in their plans can come to Championship clubs.

“People get excited, the media love it, ‘What’s going to happen when the window closes?’ My fingers will get trapped probably and then I’ll push it back open again.”

Meanwhile, former Rangers midfielder Maurice Edu, who was linked with the Blues earlier in the transfer window, joined Stoke City before the deadline.

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Sindre94 added 12:51 - Sep 1 Totally agree. 3 points today lads! COOME OOOON YOUUUUU BLUEEEEEEES
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raycrawfordswig added 12:55 - Sep 1 Sums it up the media love it .Should be scrapped total circus.
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wkj added 13:01 - Sep 1 I am mixed here, If im not mistaken I think the transfer window was implemented to but some financial security in place, however, now more so than ever I feel its caused more hardships. Why? 2 times a year teams can bolster their squads with perma deals, which sometimes teams feel pressured into buying players promptly. IE- Charlie Adam, Torres (who may prove to be an exception yet), Andy Carroll - All marquee signings who never lived upto what they were expected to do (at least straight away) And now of course we see Adam and Carroll playing at teams of much lower caliber than Liverpool. Having an open transfer policy allows clubs to properly assess and weigh up players and not forced to knee jerk a transfer just to hope they work out, and beating other teams. However the window has allowed for great TV and Excitement and I am sure the revenue for the organizations and league as a result will make this tradition remain indefinitely.

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alliedaz added 13:05 - Sep 1 it dont matter bout the window coz you get players anyway and life always seem so hard when you talk to the public and can sum 1 plz tel me why marcus evans pumps 5m a year into ipswich and doesnt care about a return coz i would be worried
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MattinLondon added 13:18 - Sep 1 Or maybe if we did our homework on players after the end of the January window and put our bids in early on, we would have our squad in place before the start of the season.
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suffolkpunchdrunk added 13:51 - Sep 1 Fanfare of trumpets as he says something bordering on the sensible.
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arc added 14:12 - Sep 1 I think players should only be allowed to buy and sell players during matches. It would make it much more fun. ;-)
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RetroBlue added 17:45 - Sep 1 Doesn't matter when the bloody window is open, shut or just ajar. We rarely manage to get the players we REALLY need !
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walberswick added 21:29 - Sep 1 whenever they had the transfer window Paul, you would leave it till the last minute and panic like you always do.
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