To be fair most people turned their noses up at Jelavic because he came from the SPL. Cisse seemed the more acceptable striker given the comparative strength of the Bundesliga.
From my limited recollection of events you're spot on with what you say KS. I remember some of us nearly vomiting with anxiety at the mere thought of us being linked with Jelavic, much less actually signing him.
The thing is, regarding both players; their signings were very much driven by a limited budget. Moyes' & Pardew's 'choice' was restricted by money and therefore, it may be argued, they 'fell into' both players.
If, for example, Kenny had been handed £60m to buy a couple of strikers in January and he came back with £15m worth in Jelavic & Cisse: in my opinion, the knives would have, not only, been sharpened but planted firmly in his back. All before either would have kicked a ball by the way. Which brings me back to the topic at hand... scapegoats.
Both lads you mentioned have done the one thing any player can do to keep 'fans' of their back: hit the ground running and score goals. It's the
only thing which guarantees automatic acceptance and satisfies those who need a short-term fix.
I've tried to find my posts in the Jelavic transfer thread but I can't find it...
... Despite his start being good I don't see him maintaining this strike rate at Everton. I've not seen enough of Cisse to pass similar judgement on him.
That's the thing KS one, the other, or both may be in the midst of glorious purple patches (tho' I must admit Cisse looks to be a safer bet). Ten games are enough to have won over fans but things can still go tits up and fickle fans will change tack.
Back (again) to 'scapegoats' - If our lads want to shake off the 'naysayers' then the fact is; they need to start performing and do what they're getting paid for. However, they should and can take heart from the fact that it sometimes takes time - as Lucas will, no doubt, testify. Over to you lads - start earning your crust.
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