Xherdan Shaqiri has been bad.
The expectations coming in to this season were, if not sky high, pretty positive after Shaq was signed during training camp. No one thought the Fire would compete for the Supporter's Shield but we all thought they’d be better than their current record shows. Even when they were playing well, it was their revamped defense that was carrying the load instead of their dynamic Designated Player. The question we all have is: Why? Why has he been so poor? What’s causing the drop off from expectation to reality? And How can it be fixed?