I just don't understand why people are so down on Pennant all the gawd damn time. He was relatively unspectacular to begin with, not surprisingly, but has played well the the last couple of months given the few opportunities he's had. He's still settling in - and has shown more evidence of doing so than Gonzalez, who seems to escape the same level of criticism - and is still young. I don't see why we need to strengthen the right side in the summer, given that Gerrard is likely to play there next season following Mascherano's arrival - and Pennant's a quality back-up/alternative. As for Magic8ball's list above, J Cole's not a right-sided player, Ljungberg/SWP can't get in their respective teams, Lennon's inconsistency seems to go unnoticed and I certainly wouldn't put Solano above Pennant. I think people just can't get away from his bad-boy past...