In the end, it was a disappointing January transfer window for Watford.
It started slowly with one or two comings and goings but head coach Tom Cleverley assured us that was the norm and last week promised two new signings - one of them a "ready-made" Championship player.
What Watford fans got was a young Chelsea left-back with undoubted potential but unlikely to be fit for a while due to a shoulder injury. And that was it. The experienced signing didn't materialise, leaving Hornets supporters deeply frustrated.
In all, across the month, the outgoings outweighed the incomings.