AT LAST. Nottingham Forest have made two more signings, to go with the earlier capture of Darius Henderson.
OK, they are both free transfers, but at least it is a step in the right direction. Something for the fans to get excited about.
There was talk of right-back Gonzalo Jara going to Spain, or somewhere abroad, but I'm glad to see him back at the City Ground again.
He did well in his loan spell last season before he was injured and he has some good qualities.
He likes to get forward and Billy Davies certainly likes to see that in his full-backs.
I must confess that I don't know much about the other signing, defender Eric Lichaj, other than he is an American international and played 32 games in the Premier League for Aston Villa.
He's had loan spells at Leeds in the Championship, Lincoln City and Leyton Orient, which should stand him in good stead for what is going to be another tough season.
Lichaj has also played for Chicago Fire, but the last American the Reds had (Robbie Findley) hardly set the City Ground on fire, did he?
The manager will no doubt be disappointed to miss out on another defender, Elliott Ward, who has surprised a few people by deciding to join Bournemouth instead of Forest.
He did well in his loan spell but, hey, Bournemouth is a nice neck of the woods, so who can blame him?
Someone said to me that Forest should go for Jay Boothroyd, who has been released by QPR. He has a bit of pedigree, after starting off at Arsenal and coming through the England ranks.
But how many goals did he score in his time at QPR?
No, we have enough strikers like him at the moment.
As I've said before, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is the man I'd like to see at the City Ground.
Crystal Palace are said to be sniffing around him and I'm not surprised.
Don't forget that he cost Wolves £1.5m. I know he had a bad injury but he has a proven track record. He is quality and will also get his fair share of goals.
Ebanks-Blake is a free agent after being released by Wolves and would probably be a cheaper option than Billy Sharp.
I hear some people say that my old club needs to "hit the ground running" this season.
Of course, it's always nice to get the season off to a good start.
A win at home to Huddersfield on August 3 – who Forest normally do well against – would give everyone concerned a lift.
But it's not vital.
It is a long haul, not a sprint. For me, it wasn't Forest's usual bad start to the campaign that cost them promotion last season, it was a couple of late defeats that did the damage.
I was sad to see that former Forest striker Neil Harris has had to quit football through injury.
He had a rough time recovering from cancer, but managed to extend his career at Southend before getting injured.
He didn't pull up any trees in his time under Colin Calderwood at the City ground, with only one goal – and that was against Chesterfield.
He got some stick from the fans, but he was a trier and was always there or thereabouts.
He was also Millwall's all-time scorer with 125 league goals and 138 in all competitions. He broke Teddy Sheringham's goal-scoring record, so he couldn't have been that bad, could he?
It was a bit like Grant Holt when he was at Forest. He couldn't hit a barn door – probably because he was playing on the left most of the time – and then ends up playing in the Premier League with Norwich and being touted as the next England striker. How ridiculous was that, by the way?
