Transfer targets - a place to confess.

How many times does a player sign for your team and you make your mind up on him: "he's a good finisher" or "he's awful at defending" even though you've only seen one or two highlights of him, read a couple of reports where he gets a mention, or are just judging him on what others say. By others I mean pundits, journos or even people on here? When I think about it I do it a lot. Even more now Football manager doesn't give me 70% of my football knowledge.

I do it all the time. I remember way back before YouTube was around, a young VC on here telling everyone what a great signing Roy Keane was and that he'd compliment Ince really well.

Then Fergie plays him on the right wing in his first game, "he's shiiiit" I thought. He missed a one-on-one chance if I remember correctly. Arsenal - Charity Shield - 1993. Epic game. Google the highlights. It's L'Oreal, it's worth it.

Obviously I was wrong on this. If I'd have seen him on Champ Manager (as it was called back then) and his attributes were on show (pretty much 20 from 20 on everything in the mental section, I'd have known what to look for: Aggression, determination, etc, etc.

So now with silly season fast approaching, who will you unfairly judge?

Even if you've watched a player 20 times, say for Everton, that player may be doing ok, but his flaws are exposed by that teams frailties; and when he pulls on the famous shirt of your club, he may get a boost of confidence or dovetail seamlessly with the other defenders and suddenly he's a world beater. Maybe the move to your club gives him the confidence he needs to make the step up; and could even bring other players up a level. Ask Leicester how Huth has changed their defence. I don't care if you're that guy's Dad, you won't have foreseen that, not even the great seer of Kattegat would've foreseen that! (Vikings )

Or maybe he'll go the opposite way, he's out of his comfort zone, he crumbles under the weight of the price tag, misses home, or can only perform in one team with one style. Or just doesn't suit your team, even though you thought he was World Class. The ones that stand out in my little head are Falcao, Di Maria and to a lesser extent Veron, or even Poborsky (that chip )