“Looks a different player” – Sheffield Wednesday fan pundit offers his thoughts on resurgent individual

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘Terrace Talk‘ series, which provides personal opinions from our FLW Fan Pundits regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Saido Berahino’s had a bit of a rocky time at Sheffield Wednesday so far.

He joined the club back at the start of the season having worked with Darren Moore before at West Brom, and made his debut coming off the bench against Plymouth in September.

He scored his first goal for the club also in September and has since gone on to make 27 appearances in all competitions and score seven goals.

This doesn’t sound like too much of a bad return for the forward until you hear that five of these goals have come in the last month, including a hat-trick in his side’s 6-0 victory against Cambridge United.

Within the last month or so, the player has got more starts due to injuries in the squad but has also done well and seen his form pick up.

We asked FLW’s Sheffield Wednesday fan pundit James Mappin his thoughts on the player’s recent performances.

“He’s got five goals in five games. Honestly the hat-trick helps but you know he got a goal against Doncaster, a goal against Lincoln as well so if he carries on this form, he looks a different player to be perfectly honest.”

Berahino has got a solid past behind him. When he was playing at West Brom regularly between 2013 and 2017, he did well. In the 2014-15 season he scored 20 goals in all competitions and was awarded the club’s player of the year award.

Therefore, it came as a bit of a shock to some that he wasn’t cutting it in League One.

James said: “His touch has come back. He was one of the worst players we had at the club, but you knew there was a player in there