Four in, three out

Scott and Rodwell may have left it to the last few hours of the market, but they were busier yesterday than I suspect most had feared.

Three loaned in and three loaned out helps balance the books but we also signed MK Dons full-back Tennai Watson on a two year deal. Scott tells us that Watson, though right footed (Egbo replacement), can also cover at left-back. The 26 year old has been at Reading and MK Dons but hasn't played a lot of football over the years - 89 appearances in total. We needed cover, so hopefully he can do a job.

Whilst we were negotiating with MK Dons we also agreed a season long loan of Jack Payne. That should be the end of Payne's Charlton career and to cover the small hole he leaves, we brought in 19 year old rookie, Louie Watson, from Luton on a season long loan. I am not expecting him to feature much having made only five appearances for the Hatters.

In defence, I was a bit disappointed to see Zach Mitchell loaned out to Colchester, only to be replaced by James Abankwah. Yet another player I have never heard of. Scott bigged him up as coming in from Udinese but the facts are he played for them twice having barely broken into double figures for his home club, St Pat's in Dublin. On paper, Mitchell appears to offer more.

That leaves the big striking loan of Slobodan Tedic from Man City. Dialling Jaiyesimi has been loaned out to St. Johnstone to help pay for Tedic. The "6" 3' Tedic has a dozen goals to his name at 23 from a number of loans. I suspect he will feature largely as a sub.

All-in-all, it feels like quantity over quality and proof, if any were needed, that we have no real money behind us. It will be interesting to track these moves (in and out) to see just what they bring us. I would expect Tennai and Slobodan to get appearances. Less sure about Abankwah or Louie Watson longer term.