Should the transfer window be scrapped?

It provides us, the viewers, with a day of frantic entertainment and drama, but is the transfer window good for the game?

After all it seems that by squeezing a season's worth of transfer activity into one month the pressure created causes managers, players and chairman into rushed, drastic and sometimes downright bizarre decisions.

For starters it seems the pressure is too much for chairman, who will often pull the trigger in January in order to give any replacement manager time to bring their own players in. This only makes the job as manager even more unstable with bosses going after barely six months in the job – Roy Hodgson the most recent victim. Anyone who has bet on Premier League games will know how cruel the sport can be.

Then there is the mad rush for players, with transfer fees spiralling out of control. Andy Carroll is a decent player, is he really worth £35 million? Darren Bent may have a decent goalscoring record in recent years but is he worth £24million? And Charlie Adam, did Liverpool really rate him at £14million?

It is absolute madness and all this instability, wild sackings and irresponsible spending is surely bad for the long-term health of the game? It also won't help anyone looking to bet on Premier League winner.

My solution would be a half-way house option. I would extend the summer transfer window until the end of September, allowing more time for managers to assess their squads. I would also make the January window two months long, again giving managers more time to turn things around and hopefully take some heat out of a rapidly over-heating transfer market.

After all, if we did scrap the transfer window entirely, what would Jim White do?