I wouldnt discount Carlos, he is quality, for those who saw the last WC qualifier at home vs Bermuda where we lost would have seen that he still has a serious change of pace even though we only saw it for the last 10 minutes of the game when things were desparate. He is still the fastest player we have in the national set up.
The question is to me, why do we not see it replicated more often for club and country.
Natural wingers rely very much on confidence, confidence to take on the defender to beat his man every time and we know that he is a little low on confidence these days and it will take some time for him to get back to that kind of level.
I watched Shaun Wright Phillips going back to Man City, back to a place where there is a level of comfort where he knows that his position on the right is his own. It showed in his performance, very confident on the ball taking on defenders, delivering crosses, scoring goals. Watching him solidified in my mind that Carlos will come back just as strong as the last qualifying campaign for us.
