I feel ambigious about this one; I ve seen him play three times, twice for Chelsea as a sub and also last year against us. Against Chelsea he looked exciting, infact one of the best sub appearances I ve ever seen, the fact that Chelsea were already three or four up against Everton might have something to do with it. He just seemed to ooze class. Against Villa, I have to say he looked anoymous, he popped up and scored a goal, but frankly he looked no better against us than say another very tall striker called Crouch. So I am very much cut in two; he could be good he could be bad.
Its hard to feel that he really wants to be here; he had a disastrous spell at Wolves, where I believe there were discipline problems and I believe he refused to play at one point. He didn’t seem to be that keen on staying at Charlton, though Curbishley obviously rated him. Then there were all those rumours about roasting. All in all he carries a bit of a stench.
DOL seems to have a streak in him that likes to reform bad boys (Woodgate, Smith and Bowyer), so maybe he feels he can keep CC on the straight and narrow, and I hope he can. But I can’t feel that DOL has scraped the barrel on this one; no money to sign players who I feel would be able to bring more to the table.
Fair play to Richard; he’s saying it as he sees it, and as he says its hsi right. I m a little more positive, and I am trying reserve judgement on what has to be one of the most uninspriring signings. I just hope it turns out well.
I am sorry to say, but I fear that our two great hopes the Moore brothers, may remain hopes and not realities. I am getting the feeling that DOL might not rate them that much. Lets hope I am wrong.
But all in all, this is another damming sign of Doug Ellis. For God sake Doug, give the man the tools he needs, stop tying his hands and let us move forward. This is just a sideways move.