Sorry lads but he was still pretty bad today, good cross for Bests goal but apart from the he was a liability for 75% of the time. Gave the ball away a lot and got caught in possession, better then he has been though.
No way was he "pretty bad". He wasn't as good as last season's form but definetly improving on this season's form and at times looked very good with Cabaye.
He was better, especially in the second half, but in no way was he 'near his best'. As has been said, caught in possession a fair few time and quite a few wayward passes. Better yes, but there is certainly more to come. Needs to do a few less of these spinning turns that he does on the ball near our box. The reason he looked better in the 2nd half was that he had more space as Cabaye was allowed to play further up the pitch which worked brilliantly. When they both play deep, as in the first half, it doesn't work for either of them.