I don't think it's a lack of effort, more to do with how he appears to be playing. He is not an Alex Revell and will not chase lost causes. He received massive criticism when he was playing with a hernia and couldn't track back and chase. He shouldn't even have been playing and I think a game...
The three or four games that we scored heavily towards the end of the season masks the FACT that we were lightweight upfront until January. Less goals and more wins would have seen us over the line as would beating rather than drawing with the teams that finished above us
The finish of the top three teams must have been pretty well unprecedented. One team normally has a wobble but the run in form of all three was impressive. Any other season would have seen us overhaul one of the top two with our form from January but it turns out we were a smidgen too far behind...
Hasn't anyone thought of the angst that this going to cause TSB ?
I will be very very happy if we can re sign a player we should never have let go. Oh what fun we might have had in the Premier League whilst Palace plummeted through the divisions....