WireFanatic III wrote:
I just can't see him being an instant hit, and with that transfer fee hanging over him, anything but an immediate impact would be such a negative.
You never know though, he could score a hat trick in his first game and prove me wrong.
The fee, I'm sure even he'd agree, is stupendously inflated. But, I'm sure he'll agree, he has the ability to be one of the best forwards in the league. He's huge, an absolute handful for defenders, his aerial ability is unmatched, whilst I wouldn't call him as slow as some others call him. It's costly, stupidly costly, but he is, IMO, the ideal type of player to play alongside Suarez. Carroll's a team player, he's physical, he will provide that physical, strong threat that we'll lack with Suarez, whilst Suarez will provide the ability, the agility and the threat along the deck. We have a very good strike partnership now, IMO, one big, one small, that provides just about every threat to the opposition other than express pace. It may take a while, but I have faith it will work out eventually. Disappointed we've spent so much (close to £60m for the partnership), but I'm so glad we have actual owners who understand the needs for the team, they knew we couldn't go out and replace Torres with one player, so now we have two and they've put the team's needs first.
As for Torres, I think some will be pleasantly surprised if Chelsea play him in a 4-4-2, he really is the type of player that wants space and his own 'room' to work in, can't see him and Drogba hitting it off, personally.
You could go around any night and see Keys hanging out the back of it....
