I think the current tally is 46 players out and 17 players in this window. The recruiting and player sales department are earning their money this month.
There are tweets saying it happened so fast because Joe Shields has been working on it for some time. No specific time table, but I bet Joe has been discussing it for it to happen that fast.
So it wasn’t our starters in the first half, but we brought some on in the second and won. You see it a lot with top teams. It is not a big deal. It will be interesting against Brighton if we leave actual starters on the bench