The truth is somewhere between the two extremes represented here. He is not necessarily destined to be "great" - he has the potential and it's up to him. He could very easily be nothing more than the next SWP. But he very well could be absolutely brilliant if he develops the mental side of his game.
I totally agree and it winds me up a bit how the media jump on a player like this and hail him as the next best thing. A few dodgy games down the road (which he's bound to have given his age) and they'll be reporting that he's failed to live up to his world class potential and putting him in a list amongst Danni Cadimarteri and that little American chap.
Regardless of this we can't be letting players like this leave the club, it would be a terrible sign of where we are as a club.
I also can't figure out why someone would label him a piece of trash or judge him on the number of kids he may or may not have...strange!!
