Why people feel the need to add this at the end of these statements is beyond me. Unless you're around Cabaye's level you're not going to be miles ahead of anyone in our squad. He's marginally our best DM and probably on par with Anita and Shelvey slightly further forward, which is by no means anything to shout about.
Cabaye wasn't miles ahead of our squad whilst here so I agree with you about not inserting "miles ahead" when making such statements