He doesn't offer anything at all though and it's no coincidence that our centre midfield gets over run most weeks by teams deemed lower than us who play a pressure game against us, so the job he is there to do which is protect the back four doesn't work, he doesn't offer any protection at all.
On top of that he certainly is no play maker, our defenders don't trust him with the ball and so hoof it even more than they normally do. I personally feel his time as a first team regular is long gone. I like the lad as captain mind but he's a declining footballer.