The evidence yet again seems to suggest that the Manager at Walsall Football Club has very little to do with signings. Despite the fact that we have no one in charge, Paul Boertien has been offered another contract.

The excuse with the retained list was that Richard Money had made the decisions before he left, but Boertien’s signing would seem to have to be on the say so of Paul Taylor.

Not that I, for one, will be objecting to this signing. Boertien is a class act, as he has proved on occasion for both us and Derby County. His problem is always his injury record, which gives the impression that he is a very unlucky footballer, as his absences have been for different reasons.

A back four of Weston, Gerrard, Boertien and A N Other (possibly Manny Smith), is looking a strong one, capable of maintaining the good defensive record we have had over the last couple of seasons.