He's in the midfield for us, which is fine, and he's decent, will do a job in parts, and I really still maintain hope of the dream that he finds energy and passion for his club and gets a cup with us as captain.
However, it's still a failure of recruitment, because
a) If his best position is midfielder, or attacking midfielder, then is he competing with Schneiderlin, Gana, McCarthy, Besic, Davies...? Dowell, Sigurdsoon, Klassen and Barkley as well
b) If he plays at his best when he's playing regularly, well, we're only going to use him sparingly!
I really hope it works out. A couple of great goals and good passing, as well as shouting and marshalling of the team so far.