Neville has had rings ran around him since he has come back. He is United through and through which i hugely respect but the fact is, as you say, he's just not quick enough anymore and we cant afford to give him the games he needs to try and be the defender he used to be. He was that bad against villa that john o'shea actually looked good beside him.
Agree about scholes, he is very reluctant to get forward an when he does, he never seems to want to take on shots anymore. He started th season well but is really fading now.
I still think van der sar is dodgy, he can blow hot and cold. When he's good, he is great though but this nonsense of parrying everything away with his fists closed does my nut everytime, you never know where the ball will end up. Now maybe they are telling him to do it but i've no idea why they would. I will say though that he does make some great saves but i think he should have done better for the second goal even though he should never have been put in that situation in the first place.
You are dead right about the lack of leadership, neville just throws his hands in the air complaining about everything. Rio should be captain, great player and can anticipate the game and the other players have enough respect for him to listen.
The second goal was a shambles, we had 5 or more players going after the one man with the ball, neville had to come across to cover and whoever was on the right wing never tracked back past the half way to cover.