Told me pretty much all I needed to know.

The lad isn’t afraid of scoring is he......more to the point he’s not afraid of missing.

That instantaneous, glorious first touch from a deflected cross was sublime in setting himself up but the finish was “Regisesque” in its violence.

Too many times over many years we’ve watched our various, ponderous centre forwards, dally and f a r t about in such moments.

I remember a Bob Taylor goal against Stoke of similar brutality and a Brunt goal at home against The Dingles but they’ve been few and far between in recent years.

I can’t see him hanging around if we go down.

Mr Lai must already be doing the mathematical calculation in his head as to how much he’s going to make on this sale next Summer!