Chris Sutton has waded into the Adam Rooney debate in typical style.
All of a sudden the mob that can’t see past the glories of Huddersfield, Brighton and Bournemouth took great comfort in Salford City making a signing from Aberdeen.
It seemed to be an act of insecurity after England’s World Cup failure to a nation of 4.5m that things were so bleak in Scotland.
“Ill-formed, disrespectful and lazy”@chris_sutton73 dismisses claims “Scottish football is in decline” as “garbage”.
Aberdeen held their own against Burnley #ABEBUR
Do people “down South” need to show the Scottish leagues more respect?
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— BBC 5 Live Sport (@5liveSport) July 27, 2018
BBC Five Live and TalkSPORT became populated by Scottish football experts all shocked and surprised that the second best team north of the border had apparently lost a prize asset to the fifth tier of the English game.
A look at the stats, Rooney’s contribution to Aberdeen last season and perhaps a word or two with someone who had actually watched Derek McInnes’ side last season might have provided an insight into the move.
Shock horror £2,000 per week is a good weekly wage up in Scotland, half of the players in the top flight have a basic of less than half that amount. We survive.
Sutton put a few people right about the ‘shock’ transfer, perhaps the English audience should examine why another Rooney left Everton for a struggling side in a country more famous for baseball and basketball?