Michail will take the knocks in his stride

Honest Michail Antonio may have taken stick on the social networks but this is a bloke with serious faith in his own ability.

Even finding that co chairman David Gold had mistaken his identity on his arrival hasn’t phased him describing the error as ‘ a bit of banter.’

Some fans though had more serious problems with the £7 million signing’s performance against Villa but Michail is taking everything in his stride.

That seems unfair after such a limited Irons career but the player knows such criticism goes with the territory and won’t be letting that get him down.

He said: “One thing I have faith in is my ability. Right now I do feel a bit rusty, I need to get sharper, but I feel I will get to that point and once I do I believe I can terrorise the Premier League as well as the Championship.

“I am a player where I try and excite the fans and run at players. I always give 100 per cent. Right now I feel I am doing all right, but I need to do more back in the team as an attacker to get more assists and more goals.

“I had quite a bit of a break but as the games are coming on I feel myself getting better and getting sharper.

“Hopefully Monday things will start building on until I start playing my game.”

He added: “Right now we are going through a bit of a draw rut but it could be worse, we could be getting no points.

“We can’t complain with our form but it is about getting more goals now.”