Clubs in the south-east who can claim to be within an hour of London seem to be developing a massive advantage. They will certainly be more attractive to players. If you had said to me 20 years ago that Alan Pardew would leave Newcastle to go to Crystal Palace I wouldn’t have believed you. I know there were other reasons. But Watford and Crystal Palace would now stand a good chance of taking a player off Newcastle or Sunderland, where some players feel they are doing the club a favour by being there.