Shamelesley ripped from Mondays Drive time show on Talk Sport. A bit of footballing debate and banter for the off season. So in light of the Jamie Carager retirement, which players didn't get enough caps and which players got too many.
In the former it could have been because there was other world class players already in that position. They never performed at international level although they had plenty of opportunities, or their career was cut short.
In the latter it could be that they should have retired a few years before they did, they was the managers blue eyed boy or in your opinion they were completely over rated.
So I expect a good clean fight, plenty of banter as long as it's clean and at the very least have some logic behind your post other than you may love a player because he plays/played for your club or hate him because he plays/played for your fiercest rival
I'll get the ball rolling with some players who never realised their potential on the international stage
Steve Bruce - 0 caps. Never blessed with pace but was as brave as a lion, exceptional positional sense. Good header, good tackler. Despite him being an old school centre half he could play good football as well.
Gianfranco Zola - 35 casps as a sub. Prob one of the best imports to the Premiership ever bar none. His skills never really got the recognition it deserved on the international stage. iirc Arigo Sacchi never really fancied Zola and he did have Baggio playing ahead of him
Duncan Ferguson - Big Dunc was propbably one of the best Scottish forward of his generation. A lot of ex-pro's cite Big Dunc as one of the toughest forwards they have ever played against. Hung out to dry by the Scottish FA and he retired too early imho
Other players who had their chance time and time again but never really took it include, Andy Cole, Robbie Fowler, Matt Le Tiss
Now onto those who got too many caps
Carlton Palmer 18 International Caps. Is there a greater crime in international football ?
In the former it could have been because there was other world class players already in that position. They never performed at international level although they had plenty of opportunities, or their career was cut short.
In the latter it could be that they should have retired a few years before they did, they was the managers blue eyed boy or in your opinion they were completely over rated.
So I expect a good clean fight, plenty of banter as long as it's clean and at the very least have some logic behind your post other than you may love a player because he plays/played for your club or hate him because he plays/played for your fiercest rival
I'll get the ball rolling with some players who never realised their potential on the international stage
Steve Bruce - 0 caps. Never blessed with pace but was as brave as a lion, exceptional positional sense. Good header, good tackler. Despite him being an old school centre half he could play good football as well.
Gianfranco Zola - 35 casps as a sub. Prob one of the best imports to the Premiership ever bar none. His skills never really got the recognition it deserved on the international stage. iirc Arigo Sacchi never really fancied Zola and he did have Baggio playing ahead of him
Duncan Ferguson - Big Dunc was propbably one of the best Scottish forward of his generation. A lot of ex-pro's cite Big Dunc as one of the toughest forwards they have ever played against. Hung out to dry by the Scottish FA and he retired too early imho
Other players who had their chance time and time again but never really took it include, Andy Cole, Robbie Fowler, Matt Le Tiss
Now onto those who got too many caps
Carlton Palmer 18 International Caps. Is there a greater crime in international football ?
