I share your anxiety about a striker. It is too late in the day to only have the four I mentioned above. It puts too much pressure on the players you mentioned earlier (Halmosi, Garcia, Fagan) to get forward into scoring positions, and put the ball into the net. But all is not lost.

Just remember how much experience this side has. I think people have been far too quick to write us off, because that just is the easy thing to do. But how about look at the team sheet and see Boateng, Hughes, Asbee, Barmby, Mendy, Windass, etc. These lads won’t come out of the tunnel next weekend fresh faced to English football. The points Graham made in the article all come into play here. They all know and understand the kind of organisation, tactics and fitness needed to get over the finish line. They know how to get the job done, they’ve all done it before.

So back mid-week for the season preview, then off we go!