Bit of a simplistic dismissal of Fabregas. You are right that other managers have benched him when they have had better options. At Barca, those better options were Iniesta and Xavi, who would've benched any other midfielder at the time. That said, Fabregas still managed to be second only to Messi in one of his three seasons there in terms of combined goals and assists. And in that first season with Chelsea, he was nothing short of remarkable. Played that midfield playmaker role like a boss. He's slumped since, but let's not dismiss him entirely.
He did have those second half slumps, but very few Arsenal players just push through an entire season. Wenger trains them inadequately and rests them too infrequently in first half of the season. And then he just plays them into the ground when they're tired and our of form. He's a gambler.
