AT SOME point between becoming Finch Farm's own version of nay-sayer Nostradamus, and tw*tting the phone down on foreign agents so hard that it smashes, David Moyes found time to put out a winning side this weekend.
Credit, as ever, to him but also credit to the squad which took a potentially tricky trip to the Hawthorns and turned it into a desperately-needed three points.
Another defeat in the Midlands, and the Samaritans were on the brink of setting up a stall on County Road for the Pompey game.
More good (ish)news comes in the unlikely package of a 28-year-old Danish right-back (sometimes you've got to take what you can get..call it a 2am special).
Lars Jacobsen is his country's established right-back and has European experience. It's not quite as glamorous as any of the big names we've had seared onto our eye-balls through repeated exposure this summer but it is a start. It is someone.
It means that 11-year-old at the academy who's tall for his age and may be a bit of a prospect doesn't have to sit on the bench this Saturday.
All we can do now is ignore any further transfer gossip until we see pictures on the club website of the player in a blue shirt, and focus on who is going to start against Harry Redknapp's South coast boys.
Given the energy and focus he provided against the Baggies, I'd hope that James Vaughan could grab a starting place.
Elsewhere, it looks like Espanyol winger Albert Riera fancies Liverpool over us. Yawn. Does anyone really care anymore? There will be another random, vaguely underwhelming name linked to us in 10 minutes.
I'm not losing any sleep on missing out on a 26-year-old who I can't recall doing anything during a not insignificant six-month spell at Manchester City.
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