They were still banging on about it on 5live this morning. Of course they start off by saying he is moody, arrogant, monotone etc etc but they always come back to "and he said he wouldn't support England".
Perhaps he succeeds because he is arrogant, some people would call it confident, instead of the usual negative, "it's the taking part" attitude that many British sportsman have. Strangely I don't remember many folk complaining that Bradley Wiggins was an arrogant bastard who didn't deserve our support when he said that if he didn't win 3 golds it would be a failure.