95/96 passes to our centerbacks is not that impressive mate. Sorry to burst your bubble. If he wants to improve as a player then he needs to become more creative in his passes - think a bit more rather than passing it to the nearest man all game long.
41 were to the CB's, 54 the rest.
Of course he needs to improve, all aspects of his game, but a few points. One is that he's now still only started 21 games. He's being asked to play a role that's not exactly natural. In this set up, we are playing with Winks deep and two more progressive 8's (Eriksen and Sissoko - both am's by nature) there is no DM covering Winks in our system, he's it. Even in Cheslea's system where they have Jorginho playing a similar role, they keep Kante in there as insurance.
I'm not sure who it was that said "would we be impressed if Dier did what Winks is doing". Dier's passing wouldn't be any more incisive, probably wouldn't see it as much either, would probably give it away a few more (and he's often got a real sloppy one in him) but he also doesn't receive the ball under pressure as much as Winks does, and he also doesn't move the ball to where he wants it as quick, which helps our transition and catch teams before they are set often.
Sure there might be days when in this 3CM system Dier might be viable, and there are defensive risks with Winks, but it's not like we've been defensively solid with Dier, and I'm quite liking the different, more proactive approach of putting a "footballer" at the hub and saying "right, we're going to dominate the ball, and that's not going to stop just because we score" which is what was happening at the start of the season.
For the record here's the record with both:
Dier started 13 games. We've won 10 lost 3. 30 points. Scored 25 conceded 12. clean sheets 5
Winks started 12 games. Won 10 lost 2. 30 points. scored 30 conceded 10. Clean sheets 7
We also got mullered by Arse in the league with Dier and beat them in the cup with Winks. He also started the last three CL games that got us through, Dier started the first three that nearly put us out.
If you look at the last few games they have undoubtedly been our best
It's not like there is much "team based results" evidence to suggest we are more vulnerable with Winks in the side.