ah bs, he can't mark to save himself, he fumbles 8 times out of ten. He isn't bad at a set shot, he runs like a giraffe in calipers and takes half an hour to get started at that.
The best stuff he did on the weekend was in traffic and midfield play and that's been the case throughout his career.We just don't see enough of it because most of the time he's either impersonating a forward, getting killed in the ruck or bludging/sulking behind play. The more time he has to think and stand around, the worse he is - he's a reflex player who needs to be constantly in the thick of the action, not thinking about leads, running patterns and his life in general whilst trying to read the play from afar or as it comes toward him. Unfortunately for him he was probably born a decade or so too early for the era of 200cm midfielders that we'll no doubt see given the way the game is headed.
Don't get me wrong , overall I think he's arse and can't see him improving now and unless he defies all critics as well as the exposed form and suddenly starts killing it he should be the first on the trade trable along with Conca (who's in the same position IMO) if the club is in any way serious about moving forward.
