look at the players around him...
Ngog infront of him for the better part of the season (an injured/ not fully fit Torres)
Lucas and Mascherano behind him (both offer nothing in terms of passing ability and space creation through vision or movement)
Dirk Kuyt down the right... enough said
LM ? Our best option Reira is hardly played for some odd odd reason
Add to that his reported injury struggles and the fact that our whole system hasnt been working with minimal effort from the manager to try and change things around and you have a recipe for disaster... He's had a dip in form, a long one admittedly but he's still our most effective player in the side...
1 thing i agree with though, we need to get him on the ball more often and have him dictate our play and perhaps play him into some good form... move him back to CM was my suggestion before the season even started, 29 games in and I still think it would be the right thing to do...