Great post and good to read something without seeing a rant! However after three days of thinking about the situation there are a few things that spring out and annoy me;
1. Why change a winning formation (4 5 1 / 4 3 3) to accommodate the type of player we didn't actually need?
2. Why bemoan the depth of the squad when you have had 5 (6 if you count when MON joined) tansfer window's to make an impact?
3. Gabby rant i'm afraid!! (and believe me I would never boo the team or an individual player). One incident springs to mind which typified every about Gabby for me at the moment. Cast your minds back to the Stoke game when half way through the second half. Young picked up the ball on the left and started to run with pace. Gabby was jogging down the middle whilst being passed by a sprinting and screaming Petrov wanting to hit the box. Which one is the striker?
4. For months now I have discussed with many people why Young doesn't get his chance by Capello....surely his form has proved he is worthy of the chance and I could never understand why he didn't until now. His performance on Sunday sparked the reason in one game for me. Give him an apponent that he can get past and he will do it all day long, give him someone he doesn't give him the time of day and his interest collapses....dramatically. I don't buy the confidence card as surely against Zakora his confidence would have been bubbling to then take on Corluka, it never happened.
I really want to stay positive and yes on reflection 6th or 5th would have been a decent position if you asked me at the start of the season but we are nearly at the end and have self destructed. I can honestly say it will be a huge dissappointment after everything to not even be competing for the holy grail come the last 2/3 games.
