I take issue with a professional journalist saying it's clear two footballers have good rapport without backing this statement up at all. Can anyone say how Tomlin and Reid have shown good rapport? Last season was Reid's breakthrough year and it was the first without Tomlin at the club.....
Not sure I completely buy into the idea that luxury players are given more time in the premier league either, although it's true that there are fewer games and that creativity is needed to unlock defences which Tomlin could offer. I guess if I was being optimistic I would say that Shelvey proved such a success that there was talk of him going to Russia and he's hardly more energetic than Tomlin.