Hasn't been good enough. Always lived off potential that one day he'd be X, but it's clear that it won't happen. Truthfully it's been evident for most of his career but between our disastrous run over the last decade, there was always one more excuse to give him another run. The music had to stop playing at some point.
Tried his best and made strides as a defender, but the halves are the only positions on the field that having a go won't be nearly enough. Maybe he can reform himself into a passable number 14 type, but when you're sticking out as one of the worst players in arguably the worst team in the comp at 27 years old, it's pretty clear you just don't have it.