He was in a shit team though. Get him in a team with HBA, Cabaye (hmm), and another winger and I reckon he'd score for fun. Even his last season with Spurs he was their top scorer when Harry turned it round from Ramos and that was alongside Keane or Pavlyuchenko.
He is always in shit teams. That's his MO. He can't function in a side that wants to achieve anything, hence why Spurs fucked him off.
This isn't meant as sarcasm but he'll be perfect for us if that's the case. If he can do what Ba was doing before he left then I'd be thrilled.
I don't doubt under Pardew he could come in and score goals in ugly football and we'd finish about 15th. It's accepting that as the limit of our ambitions, even under Pardew that I don't want to do. It's depressing.