WILL Swansea City's anti-climactic deadline day affect the climax of their season?

There is time yet for new faces to be recruited, opportunity for players who can make a difference to be found.

But the summer transfer window is when clubs like to do most of their business, and Brendan Rodgers will be disappointed about a lack of activity at the Liberty as Tuesday's deadline came and went.

Swansea's new manager had numerous irons in the fire, yet everything fizzled out on a frustrating afternoon.

Rodgers had been hoping for a frantic day, one where fresh blood would arrive to freshen up each department of his playing squad.

As it turned out, things never really got going.

The only sign of a late deal was in Scotland as Swansea tabled a bid for Motherwell defender Mark Reynolds. A highly regarded young player, Reynolds would have provided cover across Swansea's rearguard.

Keen

The 23-year-old was apparently keen on a move to the Championship, yet an offer worth somewhere in the region of £250,000 was turned down by his club and the transfer never happened.

Rodgers reckons Reynolds could mature into a top-class performer and felt the Scot would have improved in time as a Swan.

Whether he was right we will probably never know, as there is no chance of an emergency loan deal because Reynolds plays his football north of the border.

If Rodgers really wants him, his next chance will come in the January transfer window.

By then Rodgers may have looked elsewhere, because it will only take one more injury to make Swansea's defensive resources look worryingly thin.

At least there is hope of the other players Rodgers was chasing — or most of them anyway — being late arrivals.

Swansea can scrub Manchester City striker Felipe Caicedo off their list of potential recruits after the Ecuadorian international joined Spanish side Levante late on Tuesday.

But Rodgers remains hopeful a deal for West Ham's Frank Nouble may finally go through when the window for emergency signings opens on September 7.

The Northern Irishman has been on the trail of Nouble for weeks, and finances should not be a problem given that the player is only 18.

But West Ham apparently lost interest in sending him out late on in the window.

Perhaps the fact that Carlton Cole's proposed move to Liverpool did not come off will encourage the Hammers to rekindle Nouble's move west next week.

And perhaps the 6ft 3in powerhouse could share a lift down the M4 with Henri Lansbury, the Arsenal midfielder who Swansea thought they had secured 10 days ago.

Injuries at the Emirates, including the groin problem suffered by Lansbury, have seen his loan switch held up, but Rodgers remains optimistic that he will eventually get his man.

Even if the two young Londoners end up coming, the issue will still be the need for a senior striker.

Swansea identified their lack of firepower as a problem even before Rodgers took over, Huw Jenkins stating that a forward was required after last season's travails in the final third.

But the summer market has closed without Swansea investing, Danny Graham and Tamas Priskin proving too expensive while Leroy Lita was unattainable because Middlesbrough would not let him go.

These are good players, and Rodgers's disappointment stems from the fact that each one was apparently keen on moving to Wales.

But then Swansea, unlike many clubs, will not sign players they cannot afford and, after a significant outlay on the hugely promising Scott Sinclair, it seems there was not enough left in the kitty for another big-money deal.

Balance

The books must balance and, with some high earners already on the wage bill, Rodgers's hands have been partially tied by what he inherited.

Maybe if one of Swansea's bigger names had been sold in the summer, Rodgers would have had money to spend.

But Angel Rangel's possible move to Blackpool fell through when the right-back picked up a serious thigh injury a couple of weeks back.

And despite months of speculation, Darren Pratley remains on board after Nottingham Forest failed to come close to a satisfactory offer for the midfielder.

Significantly, Swansea also dismissed Leicester's last-minute bid for Ashley Williams — plus reported interest from Celtic — ensuring the ever impressive Wales man is around for a while yet.

Swansea will rely on Williams's consistency after the Reynolds deal collapsed, while Rangel's return from injury will be a welcome boost.

The fact that those two, plus Pratley, are still around gives Rodgers much more hope of achieving something significant in his first Swansea season.

His chances would have been even better had the club added a couple more high-calibre players this week, particularly a proven second-tier centre-forward.

Rodgers must now extract goals from what he has got, or find a finisher in the emergency market, if Swansea are to begin building towards that exciting climax.