Assuming that we do go up..........I hope we continue with the surprise signings. I would like to see anyone on the way up in the game rather than someone on the way down (e.g. Upson for one).
Saints have a fantastic team spirit right now which started in League 1 and has developed in the Championship. I hope we don't get over ambitious and break up this squad. That said we may need some experience of playing in the Premier League. Am I right in saying that only Davies and Fox have done so?
Lawrie Macneverdefend was the master at bringing in the surprise player.
Lawrie Mac brought in some very experienced players too. We want to move towards building a team that plays how we want it to, which probably does mean bringing in the odd old-timer to share their experience. The last thing we want to do is overhaul the squad and rush in the new signings. Our best chance of picking up points would be early in the season when teams don't know what we're about, so we need to make the most of that.
