Tbh even in the last year for Villa he's been two different players. Under Lambert a safe but sideways passer with little imagination whilst under Sherwood far more dynamic with some good forward passes, intelligently moving into space and a decent tackler defensively.I wouldn't argue with much of that really.
But then it seems most people are positive on him because "he wants to play for us" and Ferguson used to play him.
Obviously no ones gonna know until he plays for us, doesn't matter what gets said before then really.
Hopefully he is the latter more often in a blue shirt.