He seems like he'll be a good acquisition. And Watters too. Both young and aiming to prove themselves. People moan about our academy, rightly so, but only Harris and Bagan have come through from there, and only Bagan is any good. We should be looking at these younger players and coaching them to be better. Ralls didn't come through our Academy, we signed him from Fareham or Aldershot when he was quite young.

I'd rather buy these and top up with loan players, which helps the budgets and doesn't mean we have players on long, highly paid contracts when our income goes down next season . Better than paying large wages and silly fees (Madine £6m, Murphy £11m).

Clearly Harris recognised the need to reduce costs and that some of our 'experienced' players are past their best. And I mean Hoilett, Cunningham, Bennett, who I hope will all be released next summer along with Bamba and Harris and the return of our loanees.