I don't actually disagree with any of your points. I'm a massive fan of Tex for example (as anyone that genuinely enjoys football should be as he's the only player in our squad with that level of technique, vision, skill and drive) but the formation we're currently playing falls flat without him...
Stephens was utterly wasted yesterday. I completely got the logic of playing him wide left to try and replicate what Calderon does on the right (and what Baldock was doing on the left) of using his movement to get into the box and support CMS but it simply didn't work because he doesn't have the...