Basing the team around a guy who (granted is very skillful) is highly injury prone was a worry to start off with which I think a fair few folk here flagged prior to seasons start. The issue being he is the only creative spark, or at least consistent one and we were quite rightly, worried where it was going to come from in the interim. We need someone else to help rufer out because it’s just not happening at the moment. Right now, it feels like we’re a bit of a Swiss Army knife of a team. Very flexible but not very effective at doing anything.
I also think that Nagasawa doesn't seem a great step up from the likes of Pennington. He doesn't offer control, and cedes 50/50s far too often.