Extremely naive point of view RedorDead. Not every player can a "top class first teamer" as they simply won't put up with being second choice. For example if let's say Kaka came in and was benched behind Stevie G and Alonso the whole season would he put up with it, no he wouldn't.
every top team needs a blend of world class players, and sqaud players capable of doing a good job if needed.
This is why their isn't one team in Europe which has 22 world class players in their sqaud, their is a mixture of world class palyers, calss players, and good hard-working sqaud players who get the job done when called upon, IMO Parker is one of these.