Originally Posted by
Niall_Quinn
No they haven't quickly turned on him - that was media bullshit.
He's put in plenty of decent performances, two in the last few weeks when played centrally. Plenty more before that but this media hype has stuck and now the myth is cited as fact.
But he hasn't had as much influence on games as he ought to have had, that's true enough. Being stuck wide hasn't helped. He's the ultimate luxury player, the guy who adds the icing to the cake if everything else is set up properly around him (like at Madrid).
But you;re claiming he's garbage and not up to it - plainly that's bullshit.