 He was named in the League One PFA Team of the Year for the 2010–11 season after scoring 11 goals that season.He then scored on the opening day of the 2011–12 season, a 3–1 victory over Leeds United at St Mary's Stadium which broke a 12-year hoodoo of Southampton not winning on the opening day and secured a record-breaking seventh consecutive league win.He then scored twice in a 5–2 victory at Ipswich Town.