If I was to stick my neck out - I would have to say "forgettable benchwarmer" - Hope Im wrong though.

Reminds me of good old Andy Andy Andy Andy Kennedy!

On the upside he might be the guy to come off the bench and hold onto those precious 1-0 home wins against basement clubs.

I'm intrigued by this Kuqi fella so I popped onto a few ipswich town forums to see what the tractor boys make of his recent move to Rovers and what his chances are. Below are a few comments made by the tractorites. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to know a bit more about him - might make a change to talk about someone else besides ol' Bellers! What y'all think? “Sad to see him go......nope, perhaps we can start playing football again instead of hoofing it up to a big target man.” “Absolutely gutted. He's a talisman and I, and the team, will miss him hugely. We're now screwed for next season” “The Finnish Van Nistlerooy without the cheating. By that i mean he never really had any distinct talent but always seemed to get goals sue to his work rate. I have never seen a player move so much weight so quickly. And he would never stop running. I will be sad to see him go, although i wont miss the cringe whenever i know he's about to take a touch (partly the reason why he had to do so much running). “ “Nothing against the guy, always 100% effort, can't fault him or criticize him personally, it's not his fault he can't control a football.” “Against the grain, I wont miss the overrated and limited Kuqi because he is not a quality player but wish him well and acknowledge he made more of an effort than most last season” “Not an intelligent striker by any means and although he was our top scorer was never a premier player. Wiil score no more than five in the top flight and that is if he plays every game. See him getting dropped though before too long.” “Sad to see Shefki go. What he lacked in ability, he made up for with energy and heart and sheer brute strength. Never stopped running. A cult hero” “Lets be honest here - Shefki is ######, he has got the worst first touch in professional football and all that running around and giving 100% cannot mask thae fact that the bloke cant play football to save his life, officially a touch and tackle player.” “Absolutely gutted. Shefki embodied this club - ok, so he's not the greatest natural talent but his sheer guts and work rate made up for that and more!” “can't wait to see what Martin Tyler and Andy Gray make of Shefki. He will have no chance of bullying the likes of Terry, Cambell, Ferdinand, Carragher, or any of the others from lesser teams for that matter.”

It's been a while but yes - there is a certain buzz that I haven't had for a few pre seasons now. As for the formation - I think all the questions raised could boil down to Kuqi. Is he gonna be a starter? Is he gonna warm the bench? He must have something about him I refuse to believe Hughes has signed him just so we can hoof the ball up to him when in the second half when we want a point away from home. I think I might pop onto some of the Ipswich boards to see what they're saying about hinm leaving.

I agree entirely. However, Bellamy is someone who can bring the crowds in (which lets face it is a major problem). I will reserve judgement on Kuqi - he's not played in the premiership before and I've got a suspicious feeling he might be able to rattle a few cages. One more thing - just been reading teamtalk.com - can anyone remember the last time a member of the press called us an "ambitious Lancashire outfit"??? - COME ON ROVERS!!! Lets not get over excited though we'll still win nowt - but we're getting better and that's the main thing. I live up in Newcastle and their club are in a right sorry state at the mo so I know who I would rather be following.