The opening of the January transfer window is just a few weeks away and I would expect that Alex McLeish already has a number of players in mind to strengthen the squad.  Hopefully the club can do the business early so we are not all avidly watching Sky Sports News at 11.30 on 31st January to see if the big deal can be closed.

There are of course a lot of rumours flying about which range from the obvious links to the more adventurous targets.  In the former category are anybody from Rangers and we have been linked with Kris Boyd and Steven Davis.  Of the two I would prefer Davis as I don’t think Boyd will make the step up from the SPL.  In the latter category are some strikers that have also been linked with bigger clubs than us.  These include Edin Dzeko of Wolfsburg (Never going to happen!),  Mark Janko from Salzburg, Brandao and Niang from Marseille and Vebad Ibisevic from Hoffenheim.  The current rumour that fits into neither category is a proposed £750 bid for Fulham’s Paul Konchesky.

I wouldn’t be surprised if none of these players arrived in January especially if  they are at clubs that are still active in European competitions.  January is not the best time to buy as the best players are rarely available at the best prices.  Also as we are doing well in the league at the moment the necessity to panic buy is not there.  We just need to strengthen in a few key areas.  But which ones?  Cast your vote in the poll to the right.

In our last poll the majority of voters were optimistic about our survival and 35% voted that they always thought we would be OK even under the old board.