Pedro Hails Toon Star!
"He is just a fantastic player and I am pleased for him.
"He has never changed his outlook on the game - what you see is what you get. He is very much his own man, and that is fine.
"When the goals do not go in and the football is not working around you - which it wasn't under Sam Allardyce - people say he does not look like he cares.
"But when he scores a few goals, everybody realises what a good player he is.
"Michael has proved something to the fans. A few months ago, I think some would have been happy for Michael to go.
"Now they are not thinking like that - which is right. They should never have wanted him to go because he is different class.
"His ability is there and he thinks quicker than anybody else.
"I don't think anybody else could have scored Michael's first goal against Sunderland.
"He just knew what he was going to do. He went in on the blind side, and you just cannot teach that.
"Alan Shearer, Les Ferdinand and Andy Cole all had it too."