He was at worst average today, and yet we are still gifted with continuous discussion of how poor a player he is.
Different day, same story on this forum. They spend their time mocking him for his white skin (I am sure if his pigmentation was of a different ethnicity, they would say nowt about that) and his speech impediment, but they reserve their ire mostly for his biggest disability of all, his nationality.
If his name was Jaques Le Col Baque, with Ugandan origin they would be far more tolerable. For evidence of this, see their rampant and sinister defence of Vernon Anita, by far one of the most pointless players the premier league has ever seen, but due to nefarious reasons outlined earlier, they will remorselessly defend him until the cows come home.
Obertan, Rivière and Gouffran are slated and are all French, Tiote is slated even though he started off well and he's Ivorian. Coloccini is Argentinian.