Originally Posted by Boxfresh:
“Rooney's playing for MANCHESTER UNITED..... where there is a world class player in every bloody postion to feed him the ball and serve up goals on a plate. It's not hard to look good when you are surrounded by great players. This is basically how England have overhyped themselves. The top Premier League clubs are full of world-class, mostly non-English talent. And they makes lesser English players look better than they are.”
“Rooney's playing for MANCHESTER UNITED..... where there is a world class player in every bloody postion to feed him the ball and serve up goals on a plate. It's not hard to look good when you are surrounded by great players. This is basically how England have overhyped themselves. The top Premier League clubs are full of world-class, mostly non-English talent. And they makes lesser English players look better than they are.”
You've got it completely wrong. It's easy for a good player to look good in a weak side (big fish in a small pond scenario) but it's actually difficult to do so in a good side. Often, the players who aren't up to standard stick out like a sore thumb. Just look at the likes of Welbeck and Fellaini.




