Fulham boss Martin Jol says new signing Bryan Ruiz will be better for the run after making his debut in their 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers.
The Costa Rica international visibly struggled on his Barclays Premier League bow and was replaced by Mousa Dembele at half time.
While Jol admitted Ruiz had a tough start to English football, he believes he can eventually provide the cutting edge Fulham crave.
"That is the idea, that he will provide that cutting edge in time," he said.
"But the other is in football you have to be realistic.
"You could certainly see in the first half that there was some quality, but the pace is different.
"For me it was good he could get used to the pace and the damage was one goal and we scored as well so we could start the second half at 1-1, which was positive.
"Don't forget that the players I've got up front are good players.
"Dembele, like him, is a gifted player so there was no problem of using somebody else and of course he's used to the English game.
"Bryan has to get used to the English game and cope with it, and he'll certainly do that.
"There are a lot of foreigners who never cope with that, but he's an intelligent guy who wants to achieve things with us."
