Solano was always good. Rarely brilliant, but always good. Great crosser of the ball and good set pieces. Ginola on the left, Robert was way too inconsistent. Either amazing or a waste of a place in the team.
But usually the former. Solano had more ineffective games - just for different, less obvious reasons.
i know what you are getting at. often away from home what he done,he done well but too often there wasn't much of it.
I think Solano needed others to give him the ball. He wasn't a fighter who would do a 20ft slide tackle in the mud in Hull when losing 2-0, but I think when surrounded by our best players, he would flourish, especially with Shearer and Ferdinand on the end of his deliveries.
There's the difference between them then - Solano played great in a great team. Robert made a team great.