I honestly cannot remember the last time Babel put two good performances in a row in (can anyone els? If it's ever happened, it must be some time ago). I don't want to get carried away, but I think this is what we want to see from our fringe players. Making the most of their chances... we saw it with Yossi two years back, we're seeing it with Maxi now, and I hope we see this with Babel.
He's shown moments of brilliance at times, but he's often let himself down by consistently making poor decisions, on the pitch, I mean... I don't give a shit that he uses text talk while he's on twitter. They've got a character limit! And if he spends his spare time making music, tweeting, and playing video games as well as getting extra training in under Roy... well I think that's a lot better than him partying, excessive drinking, etc... I think his first season with us was his best and he never really kicked on from that.
So long may it continue. I like him, he's passionate and he actually engages with fans on a regular basis (on twitter... I honestly can't believe he gets slated for it). He's obviously got a lot of talent, I hope he can kick on and make something of it here.