I agree with your post except for this. No-one will disagree about the commitment of Ivanovic but take that out of the equation and is he really the optimum right-back we should have? I'd say no. Despite his good defensive game, offensively, he's not very good. He can cross a ball, no doubt, but for me he doesn't get forward enough and isn't the speediest of the bunch. The full-back is now, more or less, a wing-back. His job is more on the attack then it is in defence, it's what makes Cole such a dangerous left-back. His ability to do both. Ivanovic doesn't possess as much of a threat in attack as Bosingwa did prior to 2008. We need a proper right-back. While it's not high on the priority list (behind a winger & attacking midfield player) it's certainly a position that needs filling.