i question the signing on 2 levels
1. His fitness.....this is an obvious worry for everyone.....Now if some of the reports are to be believed, we will not be paying the full amount upfront, but based on appearances.......that to me makes sense......
2. They type of forward he is.........we have over the years constantly gone for forwards who match certain crtieria....good in the air, hold the ball up, bring others into play...(eg. bianchi, samaras, sibieski, macken, Jo, caceido etc etc).....now im not saying these are at the same level as RSC or that they all were reallly good at these supposed attributes...just that they were supposed to have them...whether they did or not is another arguement!).....but its fair to say RSC does have these attributes....and they are positives.......HOWEVER....
in my opinion, if we are to realy push on as a team, we need a striker with different attributes (plus the ones that RSC has)....we need the all around striker that the likes of Torres, drogba, eto'o are.....yes these players are hard to find but we must be going for this style of player.......doesnt matter whether they are a superstar or not...its just the style of forward that is important
IF we sell benjani, Jo evans and caceido then RSC is a good addition...he takes their place in the squad as he can do everything those players can (and hopefully better!)
However if we are to push on more, we need to add that other style of striker, one who puts an opposing team immediately on the back foot, who plays on the shoulder of the last defender, who is strong and pacey, who can beat people with skill (like toress, anelkam drogba eto'o, ronaldo)........
tevez isnt that player......great player and a fantastic addition to the squad......but not that player and neither is RSC
RSC goal scoring ratio isnt that hot beofre that one season at blackburn....i hope we havent been sold a one season wonder
will i support him....absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!