Oh come on, he is hardly crap! Given the chance he may well have come up with goals, but sadly, for whatever reasons, that is obviously not going to happen now.
Just one of those signings that hasn't come off unfortunately. It happens.
I suspect that you are right. In some ways the Championship can be even harder to settle into for foreign players than the Premier League. It is certainly more of a physical battle, and every player, from one to eleven, needs to be able to defend when required.
I think the problem now, with the likes of LuaLua and Murphy well ahead of him in the pecking order, is that however hard he tries to impress, it probably won't be enough. Chris Hughton may be happy enough to have him at the club as a squad member, but no more than that.
Another player who...