Lev Bronstein wrote:It's a lot to ask anyone who is bought in the Jan window to hit the ground running and make an immediate impact. In fact they can often upset the balance of a side.
Players are usually over-priced, so are worth it only if a club is desperate.
If can be worth it if you are buying one of your longer term targets, as long as you accept that the rest of the season could end up being a bedding in period.
So I wouldn't buy anyone we weren't going to buy anyway.
Bellamy marked his debut for City on 28 January with a goal against his former club Newcastle United at The City of Manchester Stadium in a 2–1 win scoring the winner, making him only the fifth player in Premier League history to have scored for six different top-flight clubs. Bellamy's next goal came against Middlesbrough in the Premier League where Bellamy sealed the three points in a 1–0 win for City. On 22 February 2009, he scored against his former club Liverpool at Anfield in a 1–1 draw, ironically denting his former employers title chances. He went on to score a brace for City on his European home debut just four days later on 26 February, dedicating the goals to his cousin who had died the previous night.
Any player in any position who makes the difference between a couple of draws & a couple of wins & turns a possible defeat into a draw in this next month, probably wins us the league. Just a little boost is all it needs to kick rags & scrotenham back down the stairs.