I think I speak for most Bairns fans when I say that I’m looking forward to finally getting back to the Falkirk Stadium on Saturday.
A combination of the League Cup, a postponement and an international break means that 40-plus days will have come and gone since the team last took to the field in front of their own supporters.
Five new arrivals since then have given our squad an injection of much-needed freshness, and Saturday’s clash with St Mirren is our first opportunity to get a proper good look at some or all of the new recruits.
While many fans – myself included – were perhaps hoping to see some players with Scottish Premiership experience come through the door, our new signings all being unknown quantities in varying degrees does add an extra layer of excitement for what is to come in the weeks and months ahead.
John Hughes made good use of similar markets during our last spell in the top flight, with the likes of Anthony Stokes, Kasper Schmeichel and Patrick Cregg all enjoying fruitful spells at the Falkirk Stadium after making the move north of the border.
If any of our new arrivals prove to be of the same ilk as the aforementioned trio, then our late flurry of transfer activity will have been well worth waiting for.
