Thought he was great again today. Think he’s more talented than Sheaf, a much more natural all rounder.
Benefit of having him in a more attacking midfield position is ironically that it helps defensively.
Both these. He lacks pace to get back
defensively, same reason he can't do box to box (although Viveash thought that would be his position).
But let him play in that pocket his vision and first time passes plays us in behind the opposition. In and around the penalty area he is capable of getting good shots off.
When he joined us his fitness levels were way off Championship levels (not a criticism of him just a fact of having to go up several levels).
It takes time to build fitness to Championship levels. More than a couple of months and that is without injury setbacks. Fans need to be patient with players coming in and temper their expectation.
I think at the moment we need to accept he is going to give us 60-70 minutes. If he stays injury free we may be getting 90 out of him by the end of the season.
Re Sheaf he is a great holding defensive mid and we should leave him to do that. The weight of trying to be the creative mid since Hamer left, for me has affected his form. I would rather see Eccles forage forward more than Sheaf.