I'll go out on a limb here and say Riera that had a better first 6 months thans Downing's had so far. Hes been worse than I could ever had imagined. Plus he's a bottler.
One thing i've noticed about Carroll the last couple of games ( and its something he deserves credit for) us that his number of defensive headers is increasing by the game. He made 3 great clearances v everton.