Leaving the Nix and HAL aside, that's the very question most of us All Whites fan have been asking for a while.
How can a player that lights up the A-League each and every time, struggle when playing in fairly average European leagues (Switzerland, II.Bundesliga, Holland, Denmark etc).
I don't know the answer to that. Perhaps he is good and it helps that MVC very always very competitive while he played for them, but he's just not cut out for Europe?
I still hope he can make it and help us in the next couple WC cycles but time is starting to run out for him to have his big break to be honest.