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The point is this and some are missing it.
Did he play terribly? Not particularly.
But i'm sure most of this forum would agree that he may be our most naturally gifted footballer and so by his standards he was playing well within himself. If you have that much talent, then you have a responsibility to the rest of the team, especially in this difficult situation, to start grabbing games by the scruff of the neck and he hasn't been doing that of late. Not since the Norwich match. He's paid a fortune to give 100% and he isn't.
Just compare him to Giovani Lo Celso and therein lies the problem. Similar levels of talent but worlds apart in application at this moment it has to be said.
Did he play terribly? Not particularly.
But i'm sure most of this forum would agree that he may be our most naturally gifted footballer and so by his standards he was playing well within himself. If you have that much talent, then you have a responsibility to the rest of the team, especially in this difficult situation, to start grabbing games by the scruff of the neck and he hasn't been doing that of late. Not since the Norwich match. He's paid a fortune to give 100% and he isn't.
Just compare him to Giovani Lo Celso and therein lies the problem. Similar levels of talent but worlds apart in application at this moment it has to be said.