And the you need the players argument, Swansea pretty much quashed them theories
Leon Britton probably the stand out player achieved statistics on par with Pirlo, Xavi ETC has been hovering around the football league all his career!
Is all about training, coaching and the belief that style of play will work
Swansea's team is nothing special, they have players who have been championship standard mos their careers, yet they played most teams off the park last year!
Now add Rooney, Gerrard, Welbeck, Chamberlain, Parker, Young .. players who are of higher quality, should be able to pass a ball 5 yards and keep it!