Wednesday, November 28

Hugill scores!

Those who don't take notice of Championship results might have missed it, but the unthinkable has happened. Jordan Hugill has scored three times in recent weeks. Hugill is on loan at Middlesbrough and scored twice for the Teesiders against Reading, first dispatching a penalty and then scoring a fine second with some chest control and a thumping volley. And on Saturday he scored in an away win at Brentford for Tony Pulis' side. I've always felt a bit sorry for Hugill. He was a panic buy by (presumably) Sullivan and derided by the fans as a sign of the club's lack of ambition, then only given three very brief appearances as a sub by David Moyes. He was shipped out by Pellegrini without being given a chance. But he can clearly do a job at Championship level and just might be worth looking at again as a squad player after his loan season at Boro ends.