He always did do the simple things right which players like Ox, Theo, Ramsey and Wilshere don't do. Sometimes he played it too safe though and didn't have that little bit of guile or skill to create something the way the best wingers are capable of. Neither do the four I mentioned apart from Jack (occasionally) so maybe we should have done more to keep him around.
But we should be aiming higher anyway so it's not a big loss.