Everyone is underwhelmed by transfer activity this window and most people expect another season battling relegation. But let's not write off the season before it starts. I won't write off our bargain basement buys until they've been given a chance to prove themselves, by which I mean starting games not being brought on as subs after 80 mins. Questions were asked last season why it took so long for some buys, like Murphy, to start a game. I know our new players weren't probably Rafa's first or second choices but let's see what they can do. For instance, I hope we don't start the season with Joselu as our preferred striker with Muto and Rondon, if we get him, sitting on the bench. If that proves to be the case there's no point in complaining that we we're not scoring and that we need a decent striker.

Some are saying we might be bottom after the first 5 games with no points. The time to complain about that is when we are actually bottom with no points after actually playing 5 games. Unlikely though it might be, after 10 games we might be in the top half then people might say our buys and loans have been shrewd.

I'm not disagreeing that we've under-invested for years. The club's record since Ashley bought it speaks for itself. All I'm saying is let's wait for 10-12 games and then re-assess.