I dunno why anyone is surprised, he's a streaky striker who frustratingly looks dogshite when he/the team is off form but is equally capable of blowing teams away.. That's the championship in a nutshell. Anyone more consistent is cherry picked way earlier and wouldn't be playing for us.
Likewise I find it weird how people are so binary in their thinking generally with our team, good or bad... it's not that simple. Nobody in this league is consistent, teams will come in and out of form. There isn't a Burnley/Leeds style machine this year.
To my eye Boro looked impotent today, they looked the ones with no plans B, all tippy happy stuff not really threatening.. whereas the whole narrative is Lampard rigid tactically and struggling. We scored a lovely flowing move AND a classic Wimbledon style hoof.
I feel like we need to give them some slack for the wobble, illness, big players coming back from injury, silly red cards, overworking Grimes, then other teams picking up the pace. It looked worse than it was. We are more than capable of getting back into the grove we had pre December.
Thankfully Onyeka might be exactly the catalyst to get some belief back in the squad and the stands
Great to see Haji enjoying his football again, we have to accept strikers in general can be streaky at times unless they are a freak. Hoping he gets another 10 before the end of the season to fire us into the premier League.
I'll eat humble pie on Haji but only because he did last night what a striker needs to do when he lost the ball he showed he wanted it back by harrying players.He seems to realise when you haven't the ball it's on you as much as anyone to get it back.Long may it continue.
Enjoy the ride.