Although, as somebody on the Sunderland forum pointed out, he said he'd had a heart attack chasing a ne'er do well, but was shown on the programme ordering himself a sausage, bacon & egg batch (or similar) ! Made me laugh.
Not having that - and about a year of that he's been out with a serious injury. Your insinuation is either that he's either 'not tried' or deteriorated from 2 years ago. From this side of his injury. there was bound to be a getting up to speed period and a degree of inconsistency early on...
Nearly started a thread called ' The Emperors clothes' but I find it laughable that that agent Romano (?) is touting PL clubs as being in a race for Jobe Bellingham. Regular 5/10 performances for Sunderland, and fans firmly convinced he was being picked due to a clause in his contract meaning he...
Best delivery (set pieces, particularly) in the division imo. That said, I don't know much about the rest of his overall play. A very useful attacking weapon though.
Agree re: Robbie Keane, but I was staggered that we signed Hadji, after having watched him play in the World Cup - couldn't believe that a 'top' team hadn't signed him ahead of us.