danburge82 said:
In numerous games this season Elano passed the ball to the opposition or just into space where nobody was more times than he passed to someone in our shirt! He was extremely poor, and he was in the last half of last season where he also fell out with Sven! Elano has played well for us once in 18 months and that is not Hughes's fault! it is the questionable tempereament of Elano that is the problem!
I think that's a bit harsh on Elano. To be fair to him he does appear to have put in some good performances of late when he's had the chance. If he'd have been doing that more regularly at the start and the middle of the season then he'd have some justification of being a moodypants for not playing more often now.
Elano is a better player with his vision, passing (especially when he's on song) and eye for a goal, but SWP's deserved more minutes on the pitch throughout the season. If SWP is carrying a knock and after Elano played so well on Thursday I'd probably play Elano on Sunday and give Shauny a rest.