I wouldn't say 'average'. He was talented, i'll give him that.
But.
He was also a prat, full of himself, egotistical, a cry-baby, a man who possessed a high-pitched voice (*shiver*) and amongst other things very marketable...
England won't miss him. That era is long gone.
World football won't miss him.
The only thing i'll miss about him is his priceless cry-baby faces he pulls when his England team loses. Eg. When Germany smashed the Poms in the last World Cup.
Priceless, that look!
