What year are we in though? I think the old idea was you can always improve. You should always look to improve. Valencia was a strong player BUT he's extremely limited also. I think we can do better. Bear in mind I watched since the early to mid nineties...and I don't care about this award or that award. Sharp, Wallace, Kanchelskis, Giggs, Beckham, Ronaldo and maybe others I've forgotten? Valencia would only challenge Wallace really. For me, as supporters we can become sentimental but it's often at a cost. It's not Valencias fault, when we sold Ronaldo we should have gone for Robben if possible. My opinion of Valencia like young, is it shows the problem of the club that we have them at full back. I don't know what our scouts get up to or what but we got sloppy and we need to move on. Some people might disagree, that's fine...but I disagree that we couldn't have done better over the last 5 years certainly. We've become stupid in the market. The time to spend big was when other clubs didn't have money...and when we were top..but the club were CHEAP...and have no one to blame but themselves. Now is the time, where you can bring a big name in sure but you need to scout properly and we've lost that ability to find 2/3 gems who just seem to fit in. It's easier now to keep players who have declined...rather then continue to evolve. So let's hope Dalot offers something fresh and new next season.