Half of Joe Cole's 'esteem' comes from the fact he's a Chelsea player. If, somehow, Dyer had gone to Chelsea under Mourinho or Ranieri then they'd probably be spoken about in similar terms.
Not all promising players turn out to be Cronaldo. We had high hopes for Viana but we didn't ruin him: he simply didn't turn out to be as good as we'd hoped as his subsequent career has shown.
You fishing? You must be.
Not at all. If Villa hadn't been playing Spain wouldn't be in this competition. I'd have thought that's obvious.
You can say that about Sneijder too. Or Forlán.
Certainly about Forlan.