New faces can freshen up a side by giving the current squad a challenge to make the first team.

Hibs manager John Collins is fairly relaxed about the inactivity on the transfer front for the Edinburgh club. He feels that the current crop of players are well able to do what has to be done for the rest of the season. While no new signings have arrived at Easter Road as yet Collins is still on the look-out for players to bolster his side's European push with just under a week to go of the transfer window. The uncertainty hanging over Scott Brown and Kevin Thomson has been an awkward distraction for Collins who has had to live with the threat of the pair being sold to one of a number of interested clubs. As Collins prepares to end the month without any fresh faces, he admits it is difficult to identity players within their price range.

He said: "Naturally we want to try and bring in players but whether Hibs can bring them in just now I don't know. It is much more difficult than people think to bring in players in January. If players are playing well at their clubs then the club does not want to sell or let them go and the majority of those that are available are ones that are not playing regularly for their team. Therefore you have a problem with players who are rusty and not match fit. My scouts are constantly out on the road checking out players, some get good reports but are not available and others are available at the wrong price. Getting the whole package of right player being available at the right price in January is not easy. I am not getting over anxious about things as Hibs will not collapse if we do not get players in as we have lots of good footballers at this club."

Despite claiming he is not overly concerned about getting players in, he admits a lack of competition amongst the squad could lead to his players becoming complacent. He added: "I do not want anybody leaving Hibs in January it's as simple as that. If we want to go forward and take the team forward then you have to make improvements to the team. Every manager in the country wants to improve their team and if you are not trying to at least do that, then you start treading water. Hibs want to keep progressing and going forward."
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