Is it bollocks. The standard of AFCON is at least the Chanpionship, the majority of players in there are playing for European teams, with the minority playing for teams that in Africa which is obviously a lesser league than ourselves. South Africa have very good players in there squad, and after personally watching the whole tournament Furman was absolutely fantastic. He is a lot better than our club and that's why when he had the chance to go he took it, good on him. Our moaning miserable fans getting on his back everytime he passed it to the side etc. Ridiculous.
Furman is better than Wes and Mellor without a doubt, international footballer for a reason and Championship bound for a reason. However, with Korey Smith I can't really make a judgement because I haven't seen him play a full season yet but I can't seem him being a lot better than Furman was/is.