He looked a right donkey at times to me. Recall a lot of missed chances and zero-effort performances before something clicked (finally settling in the south?) and he became a 100% effort, goal scoring machine.
Did the same thing at palace first season there I think.
But he was a hopeless donkey that year and only started playing well when it was contract renewal time. Remember several home games where he put in no effort whatsoever and that sending off got a lot of people's goat.
Edit: Or was that the season before? Memory playing tricks.