He shows signs of being decent (that beautiful reaction finish against Stoke), but he is a complete liability. I would go as far as to say he not only doesn’t win us games, but can actually lose us games. Yesterday’s freekick for one, according to many; and it seems that a game’s best chance almost exclusively falls to him every week, only for him to completely blow it. Missed two or three complete sitters for my money, and didn’t see yesterday’s game, but all reports say his was the chance to go one up. We were winning these games we didn’t play well in before 1-0, and now we’re not – one of the reasons being that we’re blowing the chances we might have taken before.
He’s not solely to blame, but we need a more composed player in his position. And one that can tackle without looking like he’s going to get a red every time.
Not writing him off – just he needs to find his place. And for now it’s probably coming on from the bench. Never thought I’d be glad to see a player go to the ACON!