Informed sources in the Antipodes advise that Dickie Dosh was considered a bit of a soft touch at his last club, Newcastle Jets. All things being relative, that would make him hard as nails compared with the previous incumbent at Bescot, but is this aspect of his management style something he’s aware of and working on to improve, or something we’ll have to accept as part of the rescue package?

After the lack of discipline and direction of the last two years the last thing the playing squad need is another soft manager to allow the bad habits that have crept in to go unfettered for an even longer period. It’s important that the cliques that formed are dismantled, that dissenting players are properly penalised, and that everyone works together as a team to build a club that can succeed in the fourth tier of English football.

Money is talking the talk, let’s hope that he’s also walking the walk, as the signs so far have been very good.