Yes Melon, none of us can foretell the past(?) but Marvellous does,at least, give us a better balance and some cover,not enough l agree,to the back four. We,too often,look lightweight in midfield and maybe Chambers would have given us more balance, short term at least. We have,thankfully, come a long way in a short time,in football terms. Gerrard will,l believe improve our squad over time and with our Carlsberg owners, excellent youth system and a growing fan base necessitating a 50000 plus stadium, an old codger like me is optimistic and looking forward to a bright future (heard that somewhere before).I can't be bothered to look back in the thread but always said that we looked better with Marv at the base of midfield and never saw him do much wrong to justify him being bombed out after seemingly playing well under Smith. It is not a new thing under SG.
And we must remember that he got injured during the new manager bounce phase . I wonder how some would feel had he been involved in our overall shoddy form since Xmas. As good as he played before injury I don't think he is that good that he would have prevented the post Xmas slump.