look, let's get this straight. IF Reo-Coker signs, it'll be an excellent signing. No question at all. Forget him being linked with the top 4 over the previous season. He's just a very decent little player indeed.
Not only is he strong and with an unreal engine, but he does have a real will to win, perfect 'athlete' to inject energy into a game, and the idea that he can't pass is ludicrous. He's just a box-to-box player, and a young one that can definitely be moulded.
The idea is surely to play him with Petrov, and to give the latter more license to show he can deliver goals and killer passes. And don't forget that Reo Coker DOES drive forward too.
Anyone that questions this guy's ability is going to look foolish in the future. He had a duff few games and became a scapegoat because he mentioned a 'dream move' to a bigger club in the middle of a poor west ham season. Even the most ardent west ham fan will tell you that he's got bags of potential and they'll be very sorry to let him go. He could easily play for England in the future.
Whether we sign him is another matter. Spurs may still, in my opinion, get him.