Simpson must have liked what he saw when he watched Charters but I’m yet to be convinced. Dickenson has a footballer inside him and I’ve always thought that he’d be a better player with better players around him, so perhaps that’s the plan. I’m pleased about Riley who was looking very, very good before his injury layoff.

I thought we might need Mellor for cover but I can understand that Simmo will want his own players and has his own ideas. I’d also like to know where we are with Guy’s recovery because he’ll need a decent pre-season in him.

So what do we need? Strength in depth up front that I’m not certain the players in the remaining squad give us. We’ll need to add bodies there - if we can afford it - though a better midfield backbone (hopefully without Mellish) might help the ball stick upfront and produce more goals. We need strengthening from front to back though, so I hope that Simmo’s little black book has the right names in it.