Maybe thats because we are not playing him in the right position.......
We are playing in a deep playmaker role in a 2 man midfield when all his life hes been furthest forward as a b2b mid in a 3 man midfield.....
He's doing his best but we wont get the best out of him until we switch to a 3 man midfield IMO.....
Luckily he's such a great player who is really the complete midfielder that he can play anyrole effectively....
It also has'nt helped that we havent played him with Tiote as much as we all wished, but make no mistake he's a great player and no way IMO he is overrated.
Him and Tiote have combined fantastically at times, the Man United game being a case in point (and the last time they played together). I don't think he needs to play in a 3 to play at his best, he just needs a year to fully adapt to the English game and more time in the pitch with Cheik.
I don't think they've clicked completely, we don't use our midfield as effectively as we should either. On a pure individual basis though they both piss all over most team's CM in the league both technically and physically. By default we're going to do well because it's such a crucial area of the pitch. There's teams in the league who have some really nice attacking players (Fulham and Villa for example) but currently sit bottom half because crucial midfield players are on their last legs or just poor generally.
Spot on.