Continuing on from the above.

I am pleased to see the club spreading their recruitment net wider and looking for value on the continent and further a field.

Mitchell also wanted to do this but I get the feeling his 'not fit for purpose' comments were related to the stringent 'No d**k head' policy and Eddie Howe's insistence on knowing the players character rather than signing from over season.

The myth that Howe only wanted 'Prem Players' is just another dumb, lazy, factually incorrect slight aimed at the manager by the bedwetting 'Howe Out Brigade'.

Bruno, Sandro, Sven, 14, Thiaw, Woltemade.

Here is 5 key players and 14 that prove the contrary. Our Club captain FFS is a Brazilian signed from France in one of the first major actions Eddie took in the market.

Sandro from Italy in a key summer before the UCL as our marque signing, not a Prem Option even considered.

14 - Spain. Not English, No Prem experience.

Thiaw & Woltemade in the last window for the 2 key positions the club needed to cover.

Going forward, We're looking at some tasty young Brazilian talent direct from the motherland, fresh off the boat signing at more cost effective transfer fees has to be applauded should the club succeed in those transfers.

I'm all for it. As is the manager by all accounts.