As I say I've never been a huge fan either, I do think he'd slot in well currently though and would bring some much needed assuredness to the side.
It's a pointless discussion anyway, we don't sign players like that anymore but I'm saying we should in some circumstances.
As an aside, it always pissed me off that we let Spurs get Carrick off West Ham so we could sign Butt, apparently at the wish of Shepherd rather than Robson.