Murray Davidson has seen some big names in football arrive and thrive at McDiarmid Park.
And the St Johnstone midfielder is confident James McFadden will be the latest.
The likes of Jody Morris, Michael Duberry, Callum Davidson and Lee Croft have been bitten by the Perth bug.
Davidson believes there is an ethos at Saints which has made that happen, and he has already seen it take effect on 45-cap McFadden.
“With people like Jody and Dubes they buy into the work ethic and spirit we have here when they come up. Faddy’s seen that as well.
“That’s why they sign. Jody and Dubes loved their time here, and that’s just two names off the top of my head. I’m sure Faddy will too and he’ll be another great signing.”
Davidson added: “Even playing against him in the last couple of seasons you could see the talent he’s got.
“It’s been well documented that we could do with another body up front, with Macca (Steven MacLean) being out. James will give us something a bit different. It could be a very good bit of business.
“We’ve only got Brian (Graham) and Adam (Morgan) as out and out strikers. Brian wasn’t available for the Dundee United game, which highlighted it even more.
“The goal in Paris is the one that sticks in everyone’s mind. He’s played for Scotland plenty of times and played in the English Premier League.
“We’ve already seen in training and in the udner-20s the other night that he’s got plenty of ability.”
Davidson is feeling the benefit of two full games last week, even though the second of them wasn’t planned.
“The Kilmarnock match was my first start in eight months so it wasn’t in the plan that I start at Tannadice as well,” he said.
“Obviously circumstances changed with Midge feeling his groin in the warm-up and having to drop out.
“I was happy to keep playing. Two 90 minutes in four days was a bit more than I anticipated but I’m delighted that I’ve got them under my belt now though.
“When you miss as much football as I have you just want to play when you can.”
Three league defeats in a row has been a rarity for Saint in recent seasons, and nobody wants to contemplate it becoming four against St Mirren at McDiarmid.
“We want to go into the international break with a win,” Davidson pointed out.
“It’s probably even more important because we’ve lost our last three league games, which isn’t like us. We’re usually pretty consistent.
“We felt there were positives to take from Saturday. We had plenty of the ball but were punished for individual mistakes.”
Meanwhile, Davidson is thrilled for his former team-mate Stevie May, who received his first Scotland call-up earlier in the week.
He said: “I saw on Twitter after training that he was in. I’m delighted for him.
”He scored lots of goals for us last season and has scored a few down south. It’s well deserved.
“It means the world to get a cap. There’s no bigger honour. I was lucky to play for the under-21s and then go into three full squads.
“Even the first two, when I didn’t get a game, was a massive thing. I was training with boys playing in the English Premier League. It was a learning curve for me because it is different to club football.
“Then to get my cap against Luxembourg was the biggest honour of my career. Stevie and his family should be really proud.”