I think you - along with many others here - have lost sight of what this football lark is all about.
The transfer window close date is irrelevant. Players are signed to improve our chances of winning matches. Those matches start in just over a week.
The transfer window that is your God has been open for over two months. Yet here we are with a reduced squad and two players signed from the lower leagues.
When will people face up to the fact that they've been misled? Seriously, what will it take? Im sure that if the window closed with no additions people would still be running around shouting "In Esk we trust though".
And again you mention Esk.
Its got nothing to do with Esk.
We all wanted the players in 2 months ago, for 1 reason or another it hasnt happened, im not going to make excuses, its not ideal.
We wont get the players in for the start of the season, thats quite clear, will that impact on our 3 games in August? Maybe, who knows, time will judge that.
If we dont sign the players we need between now and September, I can assure you I wont be walking around claiming everything is ok.
We need a GK, a back up RB, 2 CMs, 1 LW and a Striker, IMHO, failure to secure the majority of those players will annoy me and that annoyance will be loud.
But after 11pm 31st August is when I will start to express that anger.