I think this is a big discussion with very little disagreement.
Makinson > Wellens
Lomax > Makinson.
There is no harm in saying there is a better player waiting in the wings. It does not do anything to down grade Makinson at all. In fact because Makinson can cover FB competantly, I would say that's great as we don't have to buy in a FB to cover any loss of Lomax in the future.
People may bemon the fact that Lomax was not playing as from what we have seen his impact could have changed the game. I think when people have scored the players they would not be rating Makinson as a failure, they just wish we had Lomax as it could have turned the game in our favour, as could have TP or Manu.
The players who got a real keyboard bashing of the fans were LMS and Howarth. I was not there, but from the Stats that seamed to be pretty fair.
An unfair bashing would be someone like Meli who gets it in the neck whether he has a good game an average game or a terrible game, as people hold his past disasters over him, even if he is close to being MOM.