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Simon Grayson: Patience pays for cherry on the cake

Supporters often get frustrated at this time of year because transfers aren’t happening as quickly as they’d like.
LOAN STAR: Jordan Pickford shone for Preston and, inset, Aiden McGeady PICTURE: Alamy

Simon Grayson - Former EFL boss and Hartlepool United manager

Supporters often get frustrated at this time of year because transfers aren’t happening as quickly as they’d like.
As managers, too, we’d all love to have our business done and dusted by the first game of the season.
But some of the best signings are the unexpected gems you get in the final days and weeks of the window.
That’s why you have to be patient and hold your nerve.
Unbelievable
I remember a few years ago, when we were struggling for a goalkeeper at Preston.
We’d looked at a couple of people and nobody quite fitted the b...

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