To me he's such a limited player (for CMF) and that makes me root for him whenever he gets things right, usually in the final third.
In build-up however, he's frustrating for me to watch because he's not comfortable on the ball at all. When he came on for DDR I thought that might turn the game in England's favor due to the significant drop in technique but fortunately Italy is not Milan, they have Pirlo, Monty, and Marchisio to more than make up for his deficiencies. Whenever he got the ball he just gave it back to them to do something with it. Even when given time and and space to turn and pick a teammate out for a forward pass, he'll just pass it back to the defenders.
I hate watching players like that who are too timid in possession but he does do some things well so it will always be a love/hate with him.
As for starting over Marchisio, I guess that could work as he provides something a bit different from all the other mids.
Btw, surprisingly good first touch
