BainesontoastNEW
Player Valuation: £40m
Well, I agree that he's neither an Arteta-like distributor (soz to the haters), not an all over the pitch Cahill finisher, but he works hard, and can rapidly run the ball from our half, deep into theirs. Ifhe could only add the ability in the opposition area to contact a bovine creature's posterior with a country music stringed instrument, he'd be a real player, in my view.
Sorry, pal, but he's 30 years old now. You can keep thinking he's going to add to his game at this point in his career all you want but I've got a funny feeling you'll be wasting your time.
For the record, I don't dislike him as a player. He has his merits. That said, in an ideal world, we should be looking elsewhere to find what he brings (and more).