The fact that he's better than the likes of Pennant and Gonzalez doesn't say much other than the fact that we've been fucking woeful at signing wingers... but we already knew that.
I haven't seen that much of Villa or Young, I'll admit that much. I do recall one occasion watching him and being very impressed though - his crossing was absolutely fantastic and the strikers should have had a bagful. The thing is, I do agree with rebel on some points - which is very rare for me on here - he does look a little on the weak side, he does seem like a bit of a one trick pony and he does fade out of games, particularly when things aren't going too well for the team. I might be wrong given the amount I've seen him, but still, I can't quite get past the feeling that he'd be a very very risky signing that we can't really afford to make.
At 10-15M, it might be a different story, but for 25M and upwards, we simply have to expect someone to walk into the side and have an immediate impact and if they're young, expect significant improvement as well.
I don't really see that in Young. He's a good player, but I just don't ever see him being amongst Europe's best and we're not Real that we can afford to spend 20M on one potential player and then 50M on his replacement in 6 months time.
And finally, a bit of a shit question as the England setup is fucked, but why isn't he ever picked ahead of Downing, Walcott or SWP?