If you think of the managers Frank has worked under (and presumably learned from) then it doesnt surprise me that he is trying to shore up our defence and midfield. A few have said our signings are all defensive, but that doesn't concern me as it is defensively where we have been so utterly awful last season. It didnt matter how many we scored, as soon as we conceded a corner of free kick, we conceded a goal. Then the heads either went down, or fell off leading to a beating. The new signings should stop us conceding quite so readily, should galvanise the team if we go down a goal and stop people from retreating into their shell. If we stop conceding goals, our midfielders and forwards only have to score one single goal to win three points. Some of the great footballing teams have been crafted based on that philosophy. We had to sort our defence out, we had to inject some drive and hunger into our midfield, we had to get some leaders to prevent the quilts from flagging. We have done all that, a striker will be fab, but even if we dont manage to get one, this has been a good window. By this time next year a load more of the parasites will be getting moved on and hopefully we will be starting to become a tough opponent and a team with a strategy and a style of play that gives us the prospect of silverware.