Personally, I always rated him highly. And I've never criticized him for that game against Villa - and as ulsterchelsea said, those criticisms were very harsh. To be frank, I even thought he had a good game. As for his lost challenge against Heskey, it is hard to win a force fight against someone who have the physic (and the weight) of a tractor when you are a 20 years old player.. Look, Lukaku managed to make Alex fall during a training session, it doesn't make Alex poor.