Coming back from playing almost no football, plus long-term injuries can take time - just ask Hazard or Coutinho, add in numerous unnamed players who also take time to get back to their best.
Before his fall out with Jose the spiv, he'd suffered 4 long-term soft tissue injuries from (in my view) being overplayed. yet Poch still kept playing him.
Context is everything; last two games; won us the 3 pts, and made a brilliant assist, should have had two other assists and a goal.
So as I said, too early to claim his 'mojo' is back, but at least he is heading in the right direction in his new role.
When he gets back to his best (as I hope he does in the next 10 games or so - or doesn't then we can all agree on his contribution and value) then we can have a debate about what he's worth...
Until then, common-sense rules.
The same way it did and still does for Dier, Sanchez and N'dombele.