This is surely dependent on the business we do in the next week. If we're shipping them all out and not signing anyone it's a terrible idea, but if we're doing any sort of decent business then it's likely to be an upgrade on Thomas.
Way too big an "If", I've seen nothing that suggests we're going to recruit effectively in this window. 11 days from our next league game, and we have a single trialist, and a returning loan player.
We panicked on deadline day last time and bought three turkeys, it's madness not to schedule the departures conservatively this time round. I'm sure Thomas could have gone to DAFC once - and only once - we had the kind of signings you're speculating about, actually in the building.