I thought his debut was decent. He certainly got a good reception when he was subbed.After that though, for whatever reasons, he's not featured until the Boro game.
Player of the season since Smith arrived would be a contest between Abraham, McGinn, tuanzebe for me
Its entirely down to coaching. You could see when he came on against Norwich (I think-or maybe QPR) he struggled for the time he was on to get used to the system, but learned very quickly. He can now play with either full-back and has confidence to take players on. Still work to do in closing down the long ball, but getting better by the game.
Look at the first goal against Albion. When Anwar got the ball. there were 3 defenders in front of him. Jack made a run out wide, and 2 followed him. That;s nearly always the case. He opens up play
At some point in the near future I expect Bruce (who will be back in management at say Sheffield Wednesday) to be on the Alan Brazil show spouting some shit about not being a bad judge of players and pointing to the likes of El Ghazi, Tuanzebe and McGinn as examples. Failing to realise that he had no idea what to do with them.