I have hope Skipp can be a sort of hybrid of Winks and Dier.
I think people forget how impressive Dier was in that 2015-16 season in midfield. Breaking up play but also being a lot more progressive in his passing. It's just that as we became more and more perceived as "a top team" opponents stopped giving us that much space to play with and he doesn't quite have the mobility to make his own space in the midfield to counter that.
Winks certainly can wiggle his way out of tight areas which is why he starts every week. If Skipp can have that confidence in possession but keep his tenacity which he shows in his fleeting appearances so far he might even reach a higher ceiling than Winks.
I don’t think Dier was impressive in 15-16. If we’d had Wanyama that season we’d have possibly won the league, and certainly would have finished above a mediocre Woolwich.
As well as being much more dynamic defensively, and better at hunting out danger, Wanyama’s passing and progressing of the ball was better than Dier’s, and we improved exponentially when he replaced Dier in our midfield in 16-17 - and results and performances reflected this.