Shouldn't write off players on what you hear. Evra was considered a small player in a smaller league then he went to Utd and people sat up and noticed him. People wax lyrical over Zhirkov who haven't seen him for the most part, and for me he always looks alot better as a LW compared to LB where he makes alot of mistakes in defense.
Reputation plays too much of a part in peoples views of players I feel. Zhirkov is more known so peple assume he is better automatically. They'll put Filipe off because they haven't seen him. For me not being called up by Dumbasss Dunga isn't a terrible thing as Alves struggles often for games there aswell, and we all know how good he is. Sometimes the best players are the ones people have little to no real clue about. They then turn into world beaters. Read Evra, Ireland, Diego Milito and more...