Like I've said before, I don't think he's good at that tbh. He's that sort of all action English midfielder that runs around trying to get the ball back like a puppy. I'm yet to see him do anything than other than that defensively. He rarely loses possession that's true, but he rarely does anything approaching risky in an attacking sense either, whenever I've watched us he's played the easiest pass for himself to make time after time.
He consistently leaves huge gaps in our midfield because his positional sense is awful,, he quite literally chases the ball. Good goal yesterday but that aside I thought he was terrible. He looks good to the average fan as he puts in a sliding challenge every now and again.
Also people still disputing he's Cabaye's replacement.
He's 5 appearances off Gosling's total within half a season, and Gosling was with us for 4 years.