Partick Thistle manager Jackie McNamara says he expects a quiet transfer deadline day in Maryhill tomorrow.

The Jags were linked with former St Johnstone striker Keigan Parker last week in an effort to boost a front line which has only managed to score one goal in the past five matches.

McNamara confirmed to STV that money constraints at the club, compounded by the loss of the macb shirt sponsorship last week, prevented him from offering Parker a deal. Lack of finances also prevented the manager making a move to sign striker Craig Dargo earlier in the month.

With this in mind, McNamara said Kal Naismith and Darren Cole, who both signed on loan from Rangers at the beginning of the year, will be the only likely additions to the first team for the remainder of the season.

The manager is also hoping the window will close with Aaron Sinclair still a Thistle player. Earlier this month, McNamara revealed another manager had enquired about the former Montrose youth who has impressed at full back.

He said: "We have had no concrete offers for him. He has only been a full time player for six months and he is done very well but we want to keep him and for him to keep improving."

Thistle has not played a match since the 0-0 draw with Dundee on January 21 and is not due to play another fixture until a trip to Livingston on February 11.

One of the reasons for this was a postponement of a league match against Ayr United, with the Ayrshire side playing in the Scottish Communities League Cup semi final at Hampden on Saturday against Kilmarnock.

McNamara noted the dogged defensive display of Ayr against their rivals in the 1-0 loss and the encouraging display by Falkirk in the 3-1 defeat to Celtic in the second semi-final.

He added: "There is not a big gap between the SPL and the First Division.  Ayr and Falkirk both beat SPL teams to get to the semi-final."

Asked if the displays of the First Division teams reinforced calls for a bigger top league, he added: "It would certainly bring the crowds back.

"I know, having been a player, that going to same grounds, playing to the same players, it becomes monotonous for the players and the fans alike."