So you did have the sun in your eyes then. Admittedly he looked OK against a team in third gear, but there is a definite danger of seeing what you want to see rather than what you actually see. Souness must have thought that Ali Dia looked good in training Seriously though, I hope and expect him to be a class act - but there wasn't much to go on in that 45 minutes of football. If I were seeing him for the first time, and without knowing the history of the transfer, I would be thinking "not too bad - looks like he could be a good player for us" - but certainly not drooling and thinking he "oozed class" just yet. To be honest, I thought Rodriguez showed up the best in the second half. Good movement, good in the air, and held the ball up well.