Have to take in account his obvious injury proneness though. I wouldn't just go off a bunch of highlights either - you could make even El**ch look good doing that.
You are a cynic Valeo.
The only things we can judge Porter on are the youtube vid and the constant ravings about him from the Hartepool fans on their website. They have watched him for a few seasons and rate him strongly.
Many of those goals from the Youtube vid are pure class. The second goal where he shows blistering pace to sprint between two defenders, when they seem to have the ball covered and then shoots pass the keeper is a gem. The rest of the clip shows someone with a high degree of skill and a great instinct for goal scoring. There would not be many A-League strikers who could put a goal scoring CV like that together.
Remember he is coming from League 1. Smeltz came from conference League....several levels lower and he finished up one of the A-Leagues top strikers last season. This guy will carve up the A-League. Him and Smeltz in tandem will be dynamite!!!!
SIGN HIM NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!