Preston North End's spending proved to be enough to get them a point at home to Watford in a topsy-turvy game.
Much has been said about North End's January transfer window and their need to invest to keep up their push for the play-off places. They parted with a club-record amount to bring in Callum Lang from Portsmouth on deadline day and he created the goal that ultimately got them a point in PR1.
PNE scored a well crafted opening goal as Ben Whiteman played a one-two with Andrija Vukcevic on the edge of the Hornets' box for Lewis Dobbin to extend his place at the top of his side's scoring charts for the campaign.
But in just a couple of second-half minutes, Paul Heckingbottom's men found their lead not only wiped out but quickly saw themselves fall behind in the game.
Preston were comfortable in the opening 45, stand-in stopper Dai Cornell had one tame shot to save but spent the second half either picking the ball out of his own net or thanking his lucky stars that it wasn't required.
North End's only promising attack led to them levelling the game - and that came with their two most expensive ever purchases combining.
Lang laid the ball into the path of Milutin Osmajic, a man himself with a point to prove after recent antics, who found the back of the net in front of the Town End, as he certainly likes to do.
The home side were not at their best for a full 90 at home, again, but they did come away with a point - perhaps ill-deserved given the chances squandered by Watford and but for a couple of inches on the inside of Cornell's right-hand post.
That point adds to three picked up against Pompey in similar circumstances.
But Saturday's result will vindicate Heckingbottom's wants for additions and so too the supporters.
North End fans have seen their side on the brink of a play-off campaign many times before in recent years but will feel the investments have not matched ambition.
They saw the benefits of investments at Deepdale at the weekend and with Andrew Moran - another new face - not used from the bench and Milos Lukovic not required in the matchday squad, the hope will be that they can maintain their push for the top six.
It is still, of course, early days for the new men but with North End's new number 10 only set to get fitter and sharper, and their Montenegrin talisman back in the goals with help from the former - despite what could be seen as a bit of underwhelming performance - there are positives to be gleaned from the draw.
With those positives in hand, they will set their sights on East Lancashire now, and revenge for a defeat by Blackburn Rovers in the reverse fixture in November - with further reinforcements in the form of returning injured players potentially also on their way.