Don't want to get into the DCL vs Niasse debate - it's like deciding whether you want your wedding tackle traumatically removed with a machete or lumberjack's axe.
Surely everyone must accept by now that DCL (game trier as he is) has absolutely no goal scoring instinct at all. What struck me today was his exaggerated reputation for hold-up play. Frequently he gets the ball with only one defender on him, with a team mate on either side, each loosely tracked by a defender, with loads of space for DCL to pass into or where his mates might run. In those circumstances, you've just got to get off a pass within one or two touches because with every second more defenders than attackers will turn up and space will shrink. Instead, he takes 4,5 or 6 (admittedly neat) touches and then passes it backwards. In effect, he's the opposition's guarantee against counter attack and yet gets praise for good hold-up play.
Vexed (but nothing personal agin DCL).