Swansea manager Garry Monk believes Jonjo Shelvey has shown the right response after criticising the player in public earlier this season.
Monk, whose side faces Liverpool tonight, took the unusual step of singling out an individual for criticism in December when he told Shelvey to "wise up" and said that he would not tolerate his "laziness" any more.
But Shelvey, who has a reunion with former club Liverpool on Monday night, has flourished in a new-look Swansea formation in recent weeks and was nominated for February's Barclays Premier League player-of-the-month award won by Tottenham striker Harry Kane.
"Jonjo's in good form and had a very good month, he's showing bits of what we know he can do and what we're pushing him to do," Monk said ahead of in-form Liverpool's league visit to the Liberty Stadium.
"You have to look at it as a response (to the criticism])because of his performance levels.
"He's done very well over the last month, but he contributed before that anyway.
"The performances were probably a bit more patchy then, but in the last month his game has been more complete.
"Hopefully he'll continue that and get better because there's a lot more to come from Jonjo.