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.