I think the thing that pisses me off most about English football is this endless belief that it's somehow uber special in spite of all evidence pointing to the contrary. There's this huge native arrogance in stuff like "Can he handle the intensity of the EPL?", "Can he do it on a cold night in Stoke", "Can he handle a relegation race?" etc. etc. blah, blah, blah.
Newsflash England. Your national team is average at best. The best teams in your domestic league routinely get beat by the best in Spain and Germany (and your 2nd tier teams do too), you haven't had a world class English player in decades, and your league isn't that special anymore.
And yes, I know that Swansea is in Wales but when you play in the EPL, English generalizations get applied to you too.