Apple had to break-in into tough market, and above all they had to sell the product, very expensive product, it took them many years to come up with the compelling product.
What remains to be seen is whether Freescale's private-equity backers tough it out in the notoriously volatile semiconductor business or try to break up the company and stem their losses.
Their three centre halves, sat deep, made it tough for Agbonlahor to break the back line, and they always had a spare man to either track the front-runner or follow Heskey when he dropped a little deeper.