What went wrong yesterday

Pitbull..... over hyped player. Hype and hysteria generated simply by the Welsh small minded media. Not a bad player but hardly a worldie.

Agreed. He is defended vociferously because of his price tag and his bad boy reputation. He is one of the worst performing defensive midfielders in the league. Not saying he is a bad player, but he has not been performing well pretty much all season. His cult hero status sees bad performances turn into average ones and average ones turned into excellent ones.

1) Yaya Toure - 7.48 (Man City)
2) Mile Jedinak - 7.43 (Crystal Palace)
3) Lucas Leiva - 7.34 (Liverpool)
4) Morgan Schneiderlin - 7.29 (Southampton)
5) Mark Noble - 7.26 (West Ham)
6) Tom Huddlestone - 7.12 (Hull)
7) Michael Carrick - 7.1 (Man Utd)
=) James McCarthy - 7.1 (Everton)
9) Steve Sidwell - 7.09 (Fulham)
10) David Luiz - 7.03 (Chelsea)
=) Cheick Tiote - 7.03 (Newcastle)
12) Youssouf Mulumbu - 6.96 (WBA)
13) Ki Sung-Yueng - 6.93 (Sunderland
=) Matthieu Flamini - 6.93 (Arsenal)
=) Ettiene Capoue - 6.93 (Tottenham)
16) Ashley Westwood - 6.76 (Aston Villa)
17) Leon Britton - 6.75 (Swansea)
18) Bradley Johnson - 6.7 (Norwich)
19) Gary Medel - 6.69 (Cardiff)*******
20) Steven N'zonzi - 6.61 (Stoke)

Are we supposed to believe that Jedinak is a better player than Flamini, Luiz, Carrick et al.? He is playing well I know, but seriously, if football performance was based all on stats, then players like Jedanik would not be playing for Palace, more likely being scouted by Barcelona according to this

Its nothing to do with being the better player, it is about who has performed the best this season. Michu was one of the best performing attacking midfielders last year, was he scouted by Barca? No. Marshall is one ofnthe best performing keepers this year... Is he having the Madrid scouts after him? No.

There is no point innhaving a decent player if he isnt playing well. Id rather an inferior player playing better - hence the point.

Medel would perform better in a midfield that was not depending on him for everything + he is not just attempting 5yard sideways/backwards passes like Jedanik. He was the only recruit that had any hope of making an impact or impovement in that area. I take your point he was overpriced, but if we had 40million to play with then spending excess on the right players is no crime. Medel is a class act.

To be a class act you have to perform class in my eyes. He isnt even a classy professional. He looks overweight and his movement is restricted heavily, as soon as Hernandez came on in the derby he was screwed and was a major part in allowing us to beat you 3-0 with Hernandez involved in all 3. Medel couldn't get anywhere near him and thay was largely down to his lack of mobility. As for "not passing sideways and backward like jedinak" medel is the perennial sideways and back passer more often than not to Turner who then lumps it.