Troy Parrott

The lad is not the brightest. That is obvious. 

It doesn't bode well for his future. Compare him to Dara O'Shea, worlds apart and Troy is far more talented.

How much of that is down to natural talent and how much is down to hard work? O'Shea's career reads like that because he put the effort in for years as a youth player developing. Parrott probably is a more naturally talented footballer than him though.

James McClean is an excellent example. His unbelievable work ethic, drive, and professionalism has taken him to a very, very respectable Pl/Championship career and to two major international tournaments. Compare that to somebody like Ravel Morrison who had talent and ability by the bucketload. The metaphorical letter of recommendation that SAF gave to him in 2011 has extended his career in a way that his approach to the game would otherwise have kyboshed. In fact, Anthony Stokes is another example of how talent isn’t enough. 

Talent for OShea is defending and somethong he does very well at a consistent basis at a much higher level.

Talent for Parrot is creating/scoring goals, running at the defence, picking put passes etc which he hasn't exactly excelled at at a lower level. 

I'm 1001% certain he wouldn't swap careers. 

I'm saying O'Shea overall will have a more successful career than Parrott. 

I get it now. Just thought lads were dragging up something from two years ago when Troy was a lot more immature. I see that now that it's to do with very recent acquaintances.