Was pretty shocked he managed to get out for the second half, but taking 21 minutes to get him off in the second half even more so. Thought he was performing as poorly as I've ever seen. Also avoided going for headers, withdrew from a 50/50s that was more like 80/20 in his favour. Messed up three great opportunities first half by overhitting/underhitting 10 yd passes and passing straight to them (this one really took the biscuit, he tackled Robertson instead of making a run and killed any momentum we had on a great counter, then passed it infield straight to a Villa player). It was telling in the second half when Robbo avoided the obvious pass to him, and decided to just go alone and try to skin Young just to avoid risking giving him the ball to lose it again dwelling on it or going on one of his blind alley runs, where he looks like a teenager not an experienced player.
Fingers crossed the transfer news today means that we don't need him to play anything other that the odd sub appearance (ideally, only garbage time). It does noone any good playing him when he's this bad, not least because he tries too hard and not smart and doesn't showcase what he could offer a new team if he wasn't trying to impress and just played his game (which sadly hasn't been coherent with the way we play our game for years now)
