Thought he was a useful squad player, no more, no less. Jack of all trades, master of none. That said, he didn't deserve the amount of abuse he received, nor does anyone really.
The issue with Jenas was that, like i mentioned above, he had no single attribute that was particularly special or of a high standard. He was not particularly creative, his reading of the game was ok, his technique was pretty ordinary and again you can't say he was all that great at finishing either. He reminds me a little of Mason for me, in that whilst his ability was not of the highest level his work-rate and desire to do well was sufficient enough to earn him a place in the side.
For me, he maximised his potential here, he had plenty of opportunities and in the end he just turned out to be an OK player.
I'm sure that there are plenty of others that i am unable to remember just yet, but just off the top of my head, two players that you could argue never maximised their potential here were Defoe and Taraabt; two players that obtained a high-level of raw ability that was clear for all to see, but both for whatever reason fell someway short of the level that their ability warranted. Vertonghen's career could possibly be heading the same way, there is a world-class player in there somewhere but at the moment he just looks completely disillusioned with all the ****e that is currently going on here at the moment.
