Players come, players go.  I know that but I find it hard to say goodbye to players, especially ones like Clayton Donaldson. There may be better strikers than him but none work harder.  I’ll remember the effort he put in, often with a defender hanging on to him. I’ll remember how many supporter groups judged him to be the player of the 2014-15 season. I’m glad I was able to meet him at the awards event in April; I thought he seemed to be a genuinely nice man. I hope he does well and the Sheffield United fans give him a good welcome.

Saying hello to a whole raft of new players is almost as hard as saying goodbye to the ones that leave. The unfortunate Carl Jenkinson was injured too soon to leave much of an impression.  But I have seen enough of David Stockdale, Marc Roberts, Cheikh Ndoye, Isaac Vassell, Cohen Bramall and Sam Gallagher to feel I almost know who they are. However, I’ll probably get everyone confused if Jeremie Boga, Harlee Dean, Jason Lowe, Jota, Maxime Colin and Liam Walsh are all introduced to the team at once. I’m not sure I can cope with that much change.  I hope the players are better at adapting than I am.

I’ve been working on my cheat sheet to take to games but haven’t finished it as Liam Walsh doesn’t seem to have a squad number yet.  This is what I have so far.