Quote Originally Posted by Fist of Lehmann View Post
Strange, because many claimed he had his best game against City where he played wide right, and against Everton last season, wide left.

Equally, I agree he looked more comfortable when he moved inside on Saturday.

It's almost as if his position is largely irrelevant, and that his ability to play badly or well is down to chance.

His passing and dispossession stats are actually much better this year compared to last, so hopefully he's working on his technical weaknesses. What's clear is that he definitely needs to because right now, he is a long hard road from fantastic.
he is deployed there in games particularly away from home where keeping possession is paramount and he is not strictly a winger as he is used more to increase the numbers in the middle and keep our pretty little triangles going. doing that does not help his game at all, especially for a young player coming back from a leg break and trying to develop his own game.

of course, he has played quite a number of games in the middle and has had a stinker too, so his bad performances are not exclusively down to that reason.