Wor Al!

Confirmation today that Alan Smith has now signed a five year contract at the club, joining for a reported fee of £6 million pounds.

Presumably Allardyce has signed Smith as a replacement of the soon to depart Kieron Dyer, although as I mentioned previously there seem to be very few similarities in their play. Nonetheless, he replenishes the squad and will provide competition to both the strikers and midfielders, and as such is a welcome addition.