Hughes knows his arse is on the line. Does anybody really think that he would bring Bellamy here if he was going to be a bad influence on the team/dressing room? Of course he wouldn't. Hughes's own buys so far have been mostly good, and by buying Bellamy he is taking very little risk. It's a player he knows very well, with plenty of Premiership experience. Bellamy is also captian of Wales now, which means that he is likely to have some leadership qualities, and we could certainly do with some of that now. At Blackburn Bellamy probably played the best football of his career, and was good enough to earn a move to a top 4 side. As much as his character seems questionable I don't think that there's much doubt he could do a job for us now. Would you rather we chanced the same money on an unproven foreigner with no Prem experience?