Southampton pulled out a player from defeated rivals Norwich City's camp and Saints fans will hope him to be as useful as the situation demands.
Southampton are well conscious that their wallets don't permit luring stars like Alexander Isak, but they know the art of solving some issues before they start forming cracks. The Saints have orchestrated Tyler Dibling's exit quite conveniently, meaning the 19-year-old will not find himself waiting beside the same two-way transfer lane Isak might be up to.
Two nights ago, he may have felt out of ideas to take sides while binging on the Newcastle Liverpool battle. Saints, we were also the same to be honest, and I guess no Southampton faithful will have carried any hard feelings that the points didn't stay even.
Amongst all of this, Southampton also knitted a textbook 3-0 win and let the fans forget about a Saints player who will have been content with the result going in either court.
Francis Benali will support Long's addition and hopefully Saints too after a while
He is fresh signing, George Lang with the club delivering the announcement to make the 31-year-old call his Norwich turf an away one overnight.
Being clear, this "didn't expected that coming" move was going to have the same say on last night's fixture as it impacted.
Short answer is next to none, as Long was a reserve presence at the Canaries. So, there is absolutely nothing for Southampton fans to anticipate him defending the goal more than club hero Francis Benali will do defending his transfer.
And every time the topic surrounds Norwich City's second choice glovesman, Tim Krul's displays, most notably the penalties come uninvited to mind. If it also strikes you immediately, then watch out for our potential playoffs, as Long may also come with some penalty heroics to clinch promotion.