He was Kasey 'Almost' Palmer on Saturday. That was almost a great pass. That was almost a great goal. That was almost a good corner. He almost lasted 90 minutes. Had a lot of freedom on Saturday and a lot of the ball, in reality created very little for our strikers. One over-hit throughball to Simms in the first half and a couple of chances he created for himself that he blazed over. Perhaps not a number 10 but Ayari's weight of pass looked far superior in his cameo.
Yeah, that's my main issue with him. He clearly has the ability, he clearly isn't lazy, but he does go AWOL in games or become a bit of a passenger. I don't think we're good enough to carry him in a free role, and don't think he's good enough to carry such a role off anyway. It often seems Emperor's new clothes so, if an offer for a half decent price came in, I'd be saying thanks and bye myself.
And on the almost theme, he's almost so close to being the player he almost could be. You can see why managers take a chance on him as whoever does fully unlock him, if they can, will have a top top player.
If they can.