Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB
He's proven it to people in the past that he's capable of playing very well, so if his move to Chelsea has squandered his ability then it is obviously his own fault for moving to a side that don't need him and also Chelsea's fault for not managing/coaching him well enough.
Absolutely right. Plenty of other teams were interested in SWP (us included) and could have pretty much guaranteed regular first-team football. If he'd been smart, he'd have gone where the games were, not the silverware, and he'd almost certainly be England's starting right winger today. His last season for Manchester City was fantastic, and I'm sure that form would have continued had his career not ground to a halt at Chelsea. Now England have to make do with an SWP-lite in Aaron Lennon, who isn't bad for a Spurs player, but still not at good as Shaun was a couple of years ago.

Not that I'm blaming the state of our national side on Chelsea. Everyone knows that's our fault.