I'm not convinced. Everyone is saying he's better on the left based on the difference between his performances in each half of the Chelsea match. People fail to ignore that Ivanovic gave him more time on the ball compared to Luis and also there was more support offered to both Januzaj and Shaw on the left.
Even when it comes to dribbling, how many times do you see Januzaj dribble past players on the left compared to the right? I've seen Januzaj dribble past players on the right touch line far more often than the left. This is off topic though, and should go in the Januzaj thread.
Depay has played on the left for PSV and is deadly there.
I'd agree with you, for me his best performances have mostly come when he's played on the right but in truth I think he's about equally effective on either side. Depay is most definitely best utilised on the left though.
He's really not put a foot wrong. His last two games have been his only consistent game-time for ages. People too easily decide that a player is out of form when in fact they're just not on the pitch. He was probably our best attacking player against Chelsea, as he so often has been when given the chance.
Depay is not in the same category. He's fast and fairly skilful and has an eye-catching shot from distance but his potential ceiling isn't as high as Januzaj's.
I'm curious to know how much you've actually seen Depay play. I'm no expert on him but I'd say that making any conclusions about which of the 2 is the bigger talent would be premature and utterly subjective.
Depay is definitely the player who's impressed the most of the 2 this year (10 goals and 4 assists in 10 games is just incredible for a player at that stage in their career), but he's done it at a significantly lower level of competition than Januzaj who's definitely suffering from cuircomstances of belonging to a much larger club in a much fiercer competition. It's impossible to conclude that Adnan would've fared equally well or better than Depay at PSV and vice versa. However Depay also has a larger role in his national team having scored twice and assisted once in the WC. Once again though you could perhaps argue that Januzaj has to deal with much fiercer competition than Depay at international level aswell as he has to compete with players such as Hazard, Mirallas, Mertens, De bruyne and Chadli.
I think that one reason that someone might underestimate Depays potential ceiling could be that he already appears as the finished article. It's much harder to pinpoint weaknesses in Depays game that he needs to improve than it is with Adnan who IMO have more obvious flaws in his game. Therefore people may (perhaps justly) suggest that Adnan has a higher ceiling, but it's far from certain.