Play him off the striker and take the defending away. His run led to the goal against Bolton, his run and pass to FC hitting the post against Villa. He beat 3 men and smashed his shot straight at Mcgregor v Hull. He's been involved in lots of our most dangerous moments in recent weeks. We make less chances when we take him off.
If you ask him to work and defend you'll have issues. Get other players to do that, keep it to nil, then ask him to produce the 1 moment of quality needed to win a tight game and he might still turn out to be hugely important.
The trouble is Steve those moments are few and far between. I'm afraid he is no more than a show pony and this is another example of money, however much we paid in loan fee and wages, not wisely spent.
