I think it is time that we recognised the positive turnaround that Danny Simpson has made. Not only have his performances been outstanding since he came back into the team in October, but his attitude and application appear to be spot on too. He made a couple of excellent far post challenges yesterday.
He sat out of the team for seven months from March to October due to off field events detailed above and made his first Premier League appearance this season against Norwich. Since then, he's played in sixteen matches with ten wins, five draws and one defeat. The defence has conceded twelve goals in those games too (we conceded fourteen in the seven games without him).
It's clearly down to more than just his influence, but it is clear that he is actually a very good right back.