That is a load of tosh. You are write that in the first stages of his career at a LB (remember he played for England Schoolboys as a forward), he wasn't very good (his distribution was abysmal at times), and people were dismayed when his name was read out... initially. It then came to pass that this man saw off any rival, man marked players like Ian Wright and Ian Rush out of games and spat red and white striped blood. Yeah, he wasn't the greatest, but compare his attitude to someone like Guly, Jesus, what i would give for the attitudes of 11 Frannys.