I really don't understand people re-writing history, AK was ok in the PL , he struggled a bit as did most of the team and that's not good for a flair player and hence his outbreaks of daftness e.g. his tackles that he soul not have made. Would have been much better in an attacking team.
I think too many people have short memories or a different agenda - sure he wasn't as good in the PL as he was in the championship and I think every one was expecting him to get another 15 goals he didn't but he wasn't crap. Our style changed under Hughton in the PL and it made it very difficult...