Quote Originally Posted by MILLERSTALE View Post
In my opinion the level of opposition is catching up with him, for now, he has to up his game, the little things he got away with last season he isn’t. He always has a mixed control of the ball, with It often running away from him, but he often got it back. So the difference this season is that at the moment his best bits aren’t happening ! Two things he has control over and must improve on are I, stop pushing people in the back and giving free kicks away, 2, tighten up his passing, less flamboyance and more accuracy.
The little push in the back, or the non so subtle tug of an opponents shirt are becoming more prevalent from Crooksy. These, in my opinion, are little niggles born out of frustration. Hes not stupid: he knows hes out of form.

As others have said, it may be time to just give him head space. Nobody's saying get shut of him (well, perhaps one poster is), but just take him out of the heat of battle for a short while. We need everyone in the team to be fit and firing.