Quote: "There is a reason he hasnt made it further in the game than he has. Dont like to call it bottle because all players that step on the pitch have that. Just seems to go hiding a bit when the going gets tough.'"
i'm not sure that's the reason why he doesn't go up the middle, it's more than likely that he would be coming up against players equal in size and would thus be less effective. he is so good out wide because in general his opposition number is going to be smaller