And if he is taht good and plays for a Top 8 side in the "Greatest League in the World" he should've been on NT duty by now no ?
And please Gibbs is defensively slack,i dont rate him that highly.
On a 'technical level' i rate some of the Italian talents more than the English talents..definitely..
Rodwell and Gibbs, have 2 caps each. Both have been injured alot. Rodwell got injured for England !
They are still developing. Does Varetti have ANY weakness ?? Does Destro ?? They are all young players, still developing.
Italian players are natuarlly more technical, I never denied that. But what i am saying, is these players I mentioned are more of that ilk, that the kick and rush athletes England are failing with now !
Im not sure you have seen much of these players, and you dismiss tham....yet you like Stirliing cos you "Heard good things about him" !!!
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No, nothing about you there. I even applaud you for not overhyping the English as most people there do. But I found it interesting that even an English fan doesn't hype this generation of youngsters.
Bieng an Everton fan, I know quite a lot about over-hyped players. Every young kid that comes through, is compared to Rooney, its just not fair on them!
Over the years, we have had Franciss Jeffers, Michael Ball, Rishard Dunne, Phil Jevons, Cadamateri, Michael Branch, Tony Grant etc, all 'The Next Big Thing' !!!