I've just watched our 2-0 win over Newcastle on the COG thread, and saw Kuszczak do exactly that, punch into the path of an attacker, but luckily one of our defenders were there to deny him the shot.
He went to the Argus last Autumn saying that he wanted to stay. Then a few months later he mentioned wanting to play for a Prem club. It seems to me that he was trying to force the club's hand, they called his bluff.