Ellington had the ability to look like a world beater & a steaming pile of shit in the same game
He was also the proverbial “confidence player” – if he ever missed a sitter or didn’t score for a couple of games his head used to drop somet chronic & he looked dire. Till he’d score again & then he’d have a burst of superb games, before going a couple without & the cycle would start again
he also looked 10 times the player with a grafter like Roberts alongside him than he did previously
As for the comments that becoming a Muslim, Ramadan & all that affected his ability & form – there a plenty of muslim players the world over who fast & have beards & it doesn’t effect them. The fact is that until Whelan brought it up after he’d flogged him I didn’t hear too many people moaning about any mid-season drop in form
As I said things didn’t go quite to plan for him early doors at West Brom, the fans turned on Robson & he was seen as one of Robson’s flops & his form never recovered. He went from thinking he was great to nowt going right for him, not getting games & his confidence plumetting