I'm not sure what, if anything, we can expect in the next week but the "judge us at the end of the window" line is firmly in play after Kinnears interview.
I do think we'll be active in the final week but I don't as easily buy into the impression that it's all due to patience, and cold, calculating negotiation. The manager and the recruitment team are not aligned.
We'll probably make at least one decent signing but a huge portion of business being funneled into the last week or day can't be as the result of any "strategy".
They will get some deals done, miss out on others, and we'll be left short in key areas again. The approach looks haphazard.
There are certainly external circumstances that limit and constrain activity but they are well-known and the task is to find other ways. It's been too much shrugged shoulder from Everton.