He was an important player for sure and without all his goals and assists we wouldn't have gone up. Wouldn't have even called him the best striker in the Championship last season. He looked lost playing the striker role for us, he was very productive for us on the wing though. He usually needed several good chances a game to score, and his touch often lets him down. His ability as a player, I would say is average. His attributes to make him a good PL level are very limited. That's my opinion and maybe I'm the only one with it. I just don't see him stepping up to PL level. I'll obviously be delighted if he proves me wrong (again! as he did last season). I don't know how long he had left on his existing contract either tbf. If he just had this season, then the renewal probably makes sense because chances are we do go down and we'd need him again. But then I did say that in my original comment too.
