Apparently his nickname because of his physical style. Has the Ornstein and Romano 'here we go', has supposedly passed his medical and will be unveiled later today. Hopefully he works out. Couple of vids as am sure I am not alone in not having seen much of him at all given this kinda came out of left field.
I remember people being underwhelmed when we signed Carrick in 2006 as a "replacement" for Roy Keane. Let's hope Santos has a similar impact.
I was of the opinion Carrick alone wasnt enough and dude was one man midfield but wish we gave him decent partners.
i am willing to give him a chance. the Carrick analogy doesn't quite fit. Carrick had a significant body of work in the league. but he might surprise us. i never thought Cleverly and Anderson could work in a title challenge but it did