I think he is already very good. He strikes me as a confidence player, somebody who's game is hugely dependent on his confidence levels. When he was in that confident first season period, i thought he was excellent... and i can't have been the only person to think that as he was linked with several Premiership teams and was called up for England U21s.
He's had some right old setbacks though. That grizzly red card at smellhurst, the comedy own goal at Anfield, plus the legal situation that he should never have been dragged into in the first place.
If he gets a run of games this season i think he could well play his way back into becoming a first choice regular.
He's had some right old setbacks though. That grizzly red card at smellhurst, the comedy own goal at Anfield, plus the legal situation that he should never have been dragged into in the first place.
If he gets a run of games this season i think he could well play his way back into becoming a first choice regular.