I believe he will prove to be good signing, It deepens our cover and gives us a slightly different option in attack and does not make us too reliant on the youngsters coming through. Ideally I would like Hines, Nouble and possibly Dixon to come through and be so good that they limit Franco's appearances. However his signing gives us an experienced (though not in the Premiership)player and allows time for the youngsters to be developed.

I saw Nouble play for the Reserves midweek and he is still some way from a first team player. Dissapointed in that a number of times he did not compete for the ball giving the defenders an easy clearance. He only had one real chance with a one on one with the Goalkeeper and did not seem confident. At times he appeared to be a younger inexperienced clone of Carlton Cole.

At least he is still not negotiating with West Ham. After losing pre-season and several games he is going to take some time to get fully fit and up to speed. At this time in his career missing these games could have a serious detrimental effect on his game.

I have seen Zavon Hines play for the reserves on several occasions before he played for the first team. First few times I was not impressed as he appeared to be too lightweight. However he has worked very hard on his game and it was unfortunate that the injury last season held him back after a good pre season. He now has quite a bit of variety to his game and appears to be able to look after himself. In an interview some time ago he said he has modelled his game on Thierry Henry. He needs to be given a go and we would gladly accept a West ham version of Thierry Henry.