Welcome back to the Liberty Stadium for another tough Championship test against Preston North End.

I’m pleased to say we will be going into the game on the back of an excellent start to the campaign following our 2-1 victory at the Liberty over Hull City on the opening day, before an excellent point from our goalless draw at Derby County.

Four points from the first six is a good start, although I know Steve Cooper wanted all six and will be going all out to maintain our unbeaten start this afternoon with another home win.

I spoke in my last programme notes how pleased I was with the new set-up in the backroom team led by Steve. Also, the addition of new signings Jake Bidwell, Ben Wilmot and Freddie Woodman.

Since then there was a bit more activity on the player front before the Championship transfer window closed on August 8.

We did well to bring in Sam Surridge on loan from Bournemouth and Aldo Kalulu from FC Basel, plus the permanent signing of Kristoffer Peterson (Heracles Almelo). All three players will strengthen our forward line and provide plenty of competition for places for the busy season ahead.

We have also welcomed Andre Ayew back into the fold following his loan spell in Turkey last season and his summer competing in the African Cup of Nations.

Andre proved against Northampton Town in the Carabao Cup in midweek what a good player he is after coming off the bench to score twice and secure us a place in the second round against Cambridge United at the Liberty. It was great to see the reception he received on Tuesday evening and although I’m not sure what the next couple of weeks hold for him I’m sure we would all be happy if he were still here scoring more goals for us this season.