Stewart Downing believes new Middlesbrough signing Afonso Alves will need time to find his feet in the Premiership.
"He might have had a quiet game on his debut against Fulham but he had only had one day training and it was a hard game to come into.
"I know how hard it is to settle somewhere - I've been out on loan myself - and he has also got the language barrier to cope with.
"But he will definitely come good and hopefully he will soon be banging the goals in, because we need a goalscorer."