Our January window started in the most perfect way you could possibly imagine for Brighton fans, with Pascal Gross making a shock return to bolster experience in our midfield.
There was hope that, with a few gaps starting to form in the squad, we would be relatively active in a January window for once.
With the big injury to Stefanos Tzimas, it has left us incredibly light up top. Only Danny Welbeck and Babis Kostoulas remain as our two options to lead the line.
An injury to Welbeck could mean the pressure then falls onto an 18-year-old to be the main man, and while he might relish that challenge, I think it is far too much pressure to be put under in your first season in the Premier League.
I am really confused about the decision to let both Tommy Watson and Brajan Gruda go out on loan. Again, we are one Yankuba Minteh or Karou Mitoma injury away from scrambling to find a stopgap solution rather than having players we know can be effective in those areas.
We have managed to get to the end of the window without any more rumours of big players leaving us, which will be as important as additions to the squad.
It is clear to see how important players such as Jan Paul van Hecke and Carlos Baleba are to our side. With these important cogs of the machine still in place, the heart of this team is still beating strong.
Overall, I am slightly worried that we are going into the back end of the season with a much shallower squad. Fabian Hurzeler has assured fans we will be where we want to be at the end of the season, so let's just wait and see…
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