Notts County confirm triple signing of Branislav Pindroch, Pierce Bird and Callum Saunders

Fantastic news for the first time in ages I'm feeling positive about the up coming season.

Good luck to all of them!

I'm a bit sceptical though. Bird will need time and patience: let's not forget he's only 18 and has a lot of developing to do. It would be unrealistic to expect him to slot into the first team straight away. Trouble is, if we have more than one centre-half out injured or suspended, he'll be on the pitch whether he's ready or not.

I haven't seen Pindrich play, but there are some stats on Transfermarkt. In the season before last he played 28 times and kept 16 clean sheets in the Czech second division, which isn't bad at all. He also doesn't seem to be one of those players who change clubs every season (he played for MFK Karvina for five years). But I question the wisdom of having three senior goalkeepers, one of whom won't even be making the bench. Collin, Fitzsimmons and the youth lad would surely have been enough. We could have put the money towards strengthening another area of the squad where we actually need it.

Pierce Bird is the stand out signing for me, all he lacks is experience which he'll get when he plays, lets hope he gets the chance to make that most human of gestures (a mistake) without being hounded into never being seen again.

I know of at least one club a lot higher up that were taking a serious look at him.