Transfer Gossip - Alan Stubbs spotted at Scunny

What a fantastic result last night. 3 games, 3 clean sheets and back-to-back away victories for the first time in 4 years. Last night's trip to Scunthorpe was a hark back to our pulsating promotion campaigns of the 90s - a tightly packed ground, illuminated by midweek floodlights and full of Boro.

A great result enjoyed by fans and team a like, including the 5 academy products in the Starting XI.

One neutral spectator was Alan Stubbs - the former Bolton stalwart, now on the coaching staff at Everton. With Joleon Lescott nearing the Everton exit door, Everton are obviously in the market for a centre-back and, with all due respect to Scunthorpe, I doubt Cliff Byrme and Marcus Williams are high on their shopping list.

Wheater and Huth have been the cornerstone of our solid defensive displays and are valuable members of our squad. However, centre-back is a position in which we have great strength in depth with Riggott, Pogatetz, Hines, Williams and Grounds all more than capable of succeeding in this division.

Given our financial constraints, I can see us cashing in if the money is right - and it will be as clubs become more desperate to buy and we become more desperate to sell. Of the two, Huth is the better player but Wheater's local ties make him the more likely to stay.

Losing the big German will be a dent in our promotion campaign - but one that can be polished out with relative ease.