And so at last the long long wait for a full back ends. Welcome to the club Ryan Bertrand, you'll no doubt be scratching your head at just how relieved we are to see you.
Nevertheless it seems a decent loan signing to bring him in - he is young, in keeping with our recruitment policy and has experience at this level.
I hear he is pretty good going forward to which should add some balance to our play and give us a threat from both full back positions for the first time since Matthieu Louis-Jean and Jim Brennan patrolled the flanks. That also helps stretch teams that may want to "park the bus".
The signing also frees up Chris Cohen to play in midfield, solving a couple of problems in one stroke!
Rumours still persist about our other perennial targets and we have Calum Davenport on trial so maybe now, belatedly, we are seeing the fruits of the clubs summer work.
Irrespective of that it seems wrong to get too hung up on signings. As things stand this would be my first 11:
Camp
Gunter
Bertrand
Morgan
Wilson
Cohen
McKenna
Majewski
Anderson
Blackstock
Earnshaw
Bench: Moussi, Adebola, Smith, Chambers, McGugan, McCleary, Tyson
That's not too shabby an eleven and while you'd think we'd struggle to top last season's efforts without one or two quality additions we should still be fairly strong.
The problem with this division is you just don't know what to expect do you? Will Pompey and Cardiff, with all their financial woes, have full squads? If so they might still do well, Pompey may only have 14 first teamers but that includes some top players at this level.
Maybe a spot of continuity means we can be a calm settled side in the middle of the madness.
Here's hoping.
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