Quote Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur View Post
Xhaka hasn't got anymore gears to his game. What you see is what you get. Like many others around him, you have to hope the manager stumbles upon a winning combination or tactic that will suit him. He's a limited player. Nowhere near as creative as I was lead to believe.
That's about it. If sheer randomness aligns an open ended number of permutations we should see Xhaka at this best.

Which will be average.

Like most of our players.

But, even then, we won't be doing the bread and butter stuff that builds consistency, we'll be doing the brief patch of arrogant dick stuff that materialises from time to time to keep alive the myth we play good football.

Xhaka was never know for his creativity - it was his consistency. Tip, tap, tip, tap, tip, tap, 99% pass competition. Absolutely perfect for Wenger's keep-ball fantasies. Arteta played that way because he was a good pro and did what the boss wanted. Xhaka plays that way because it's all he can do. We've spent 70 mill on him and Mustafi. We could have had a world class player here for 2 seasons now, instead. Which would have made all the difference to a lot of things.