No you are not alone, Milner & Downing are shocking choices for me and I don't get all the rave reviews of Oxlade Chamberlain either and not just because he is a gooner either, if he was good enough I would be cheering him on no problem but is he really honestly a better option than Lennon when it comes to opening defences?
The main problem is we don't have enough good players who command positions in top teams, none of the Man City boys except Hart are first choice players. The only true world class players we have are Hart, Rooney, Gerrard, Cole & Terry.