This is his first season in the top flight, so I'd cut him some slack about it taking it's toil three quarters into the season. Mention a player in these teams that were making their league debuts?
We can hope. I actually had the most faith in him becoming the heir to Lampard (to a lesser extent ofc). It wouldn't be surprising. Seems like any sort of press is constantly lead by him for starters, which is having an adverse effect.