The one thing Rochdale need most on Transfer Deadline Day is...

But for Rochdale, it feels particularly pivotal.

Transfer Deadline Day often sees a last-minute scramble for teams to get their squads into a position to see them through until January and this year, things are complicated by a full programme of league fixtures happening on the same night.

Indeed, the window will be all but shut by the time Dale step off the pitch against Shrewsbury Town at the Crown Oil Arena, so the likelihood is that any business is going to have to be done early.