I think it's because people have seen them play regularly & know what they can do. Also there's a much, much greater chance of a player joining who's already played for the club than those that haven't - see Hammond, Zamora, Bennett etc as just 3 recent examples...
Plus GM lives in Brighton &...
So obviously we'll only look at this from mid Feb - when is the first available date to sign him & he be available for the play off final too should we get there..
Ps I assume you have to allow for the play off dates...?