'Diabolical. Disgraceful. Shameful'

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Gino Pozzo is seemingly out of favour with Watford fans

On Wednesday we asked what you made of Watford's business in the transfer window.

The injury-plagued Hornets signed 28-year-old Norway international goalkeeper Egil Selvik from Italian 'sister club' Udinese, brought in 20-year-old American left-back Caleb Wiley on loan from Chelsea and defender James Abankwah on loan, also from Udinese.

However, they lost midfielder Festy Ebosele after he was recalled from loan by Udinese, while Ryan Porteous has joined Preston on loan and Ken Sema has been released.

Here are some of your responses:

Roger: Diabolical. Disgraceful. Shameful. I believe we are the only club in the Championship not to have spent any money this season yet our best three players last season left during the summer for substantial profit and other players have departed not to be replaced. As Elton John would no doubt sing "it's a sad sad situation and it's getting more and more absurd". For the sake of the fans, Gino, please sell the club as soon as possible so we can all move on.

Aaron: I feel Tom Cleverley massively over-achieved with the squad we had during the first part of the season and is now on a hiding to nothing, as we are likely to face a tough few months. Our squad is lower mid-table at best and is now weaker than before the window. I believe most fans want to see Tom continue because he has brought back a true connection with the team. But I fear what Gino Pozzo will do when it is clear that we will have no chance of reaching the play-offs. Our club desperately needs a re-set and I would love to see Tom leading that.

Stephen A: Pozzo deprives Cleverley of the players the squad badly needs, in the hope that in a few matches' time, the run of defeats will be so bad there will be no opposition when Cleverley is sacked. Sorry Gino, we're not falling for it.

Simon: Clearly the owners don't have the money to progress this club, so we should enjoy what we have (things could be a whole lot worse).

Geoff: Here we go with that sinking ship feeling again and the only one who is going to get the blame is Tom Cleverley. You can only work with tools you have. Why do we as Watford fans have to put up with this time and time again?

Patrick: It seems as if the Pozzos are deliberately staging a managed decline. If they honestly believe this group of players can get into the play-offs they are deluded. Crying out for a forward with Bayo suspended. The next few games will show how much they have weakened a poor squad.

Matilda: Desperately short on numbers. We already had a very thin squad and it's now worse. We have no strikers for the next three games and after that we have a striker who has scored in seven games out of 30. We were looking at the play-offs a month ago. Now I'm certain we'll finish nearer the bottom than the top.

Stephen T: Absolutely appalling, we've been crying out for a striker for three or four seasons and have done absolutely nothing - no passion, no desire, no strategy!

Stuart: Disastrous! The world and his dog knew we needed a right winger and a centre forward. What did we get? Two full-backs (one of whom may as well have arrived in an ambulance) and a goalkeeper. It was shambolic.

Maurice: Pozzo has no ambition for Watford. Should never have bought Watford in the first place. Stick to Udinese. Sell Watford to someone who can take us where we should be - Premier League. Stop wasting Cleverley's talent.