Transfer Deadline Day

This has probably been the busiest transfer deadline day for Blues ever and don't we just need it. Over the past few weeks we have seen player after player leave the club - Bartley, Burn, Elliot, Mullins have all left St Andrews. So we were desperate for renewed strength in the squad and Clark has been a busy man.

Aaron Martin, Tom Thorne, Tyler Blackett and Federico Macheda have all been signed on loan deals in the last 24 hours who go alongside Emyr Huws and Albert Rusnak in our signings this January.

Macheda

So what do we know about these players - well not a lot. Macheda had that one goal against Aston Villa back in 2008 when everyone thought he was going to be the next Ronaldo, since then he has scored just 6 more senior goals, including 3 at Doncaster. So he doesn't have much goalscoring prowess but he maybe just the thing we need to go up front with big Zig and Lovenkrands.

Aaron Martin

I remember Aaron Martin in his Southampton days, used to be a decent defender from what I can remember but he has quite big boots to fill from the gap that Bartley has left in the Blues back 4.

Blackett and Thorne are really unknown quantities except I remember signing Thorne for my Birmingham team on Football Manager 2014 and he got injured for 4 months in the first game - lets hope that doesn't happen in real life.

Rusnak

I have done the usual YouTube scouting for Rusnak and Huws, there is very little on these young Man City players but what I have seen seems decent enough.

We all know of Birmingham's financial problems but I think we can be hopeful of these signings and very thankful for Clark's hard work over the past couple of days. The next few games are going to be hard for Blues, a lot of new faces in the team but we need to give this young side time to gel.

The February fixtures look tough for the new side - Derby, Charlton, Watford, Huddlesfield and Blackpool all coming up next. I am going to put my neck on the line and suggest a mid-table finish for us this season. Relegation will be looming but I think these new loan signings are just enough to push Blues on further.