CJ_covblaze
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Great work Nick!
If he had been at a 'top club' he would undoubtedly have won more England caps
Great player great man and an example of why a number 9 doesn't have to score 20 in a season.
Very much doubt it. England had a glut of great strikers and Regis just didn’t score enough. If there’s one player who could have earned more caps at a bigger club, it would be Benno.
Serious question, Who did we have? I always thought he should have won more caps. I seem to remember thinking he should have gone to the ‘86 World Cup.
Although the real travesty was when Dion missed out in ‘98.
Just checked up, in 1986 Bobby Robson took Beardsley, Lineker, Mark Hately, Dixon, Barnes, Waddle as forwards.
Hately was playing at Inter & Dixon was scoring a goal every other game. I don't think Robson made a mistake in those choices.
Dixon has been in prison in the last few years, addictions & gambling, violent behaviour.
Has it just updated? I did it weeks ago!
Was Hately that good? I only recall him playing for rangers...difficult to tell with Scottish football. I remember Dixon banging them in for Chelsea, alongside nevin and speedie...and Gordon durie?
Probably explains why he’s completely disappeared.
The first World Cup I have a proper memory of. I think it was jimmy Hill laughing in the background commentary when linekar bagged a hattrick?After he scored for England in the Maracana. He earned himself a move to Italy and an almost ever-present berth in the England line-up until his lack of goals ssaw him dropped after two games in Mexico’86 in favour of Peter Beardsley. Lineker and England never looked back.
The first World Cup I have a proper memory of. I think it was jimmy Hill laughing in the background commentary when linekar bagged a hattrick?
Hately scored in the same game as John Barnes’ wonder goal?
Yep. Four minutes in here:
Serious question, Who did we have? I always thought he should have won more caps. I seem to remember thinking he should have gone to the ‘86 World Cup.
Although the real travesty was when Dion missed out in ‘98.
Ian Wright in 92 too. Ridiculous that Ian Wright, Matt Le Tissier, Les Ferdinand and Dion Dublin only have 61 caps between them!
Yeah noticed it a few weeks back as well.
What we would give for them now. There are hundreds of fringe players from the past who would walk into the current set-up.
Edit to add that Le Tissier is my favourite player of all time. Although Speedie ran him close. Those who are too young to remember Le Tiss should youtube his best goals. Simply sublime.
It's due to so many international players in the Premier League. We don't give young English players the chance to develop properly. A player like Dublin now would probably have gone from Man Utd to a mid table championship team. Even there there is becoming more of a problem with them looking abroad for talent.What we would give for them now. There are hundreds of fringe players from the past who would walk into the current set-up.
Edit to add that Le Tissier is my favourite player of all time. Although Speedie ran him close. Those who are too young to remember Le Tiss should youtube his best goals. Simply sublime.
Le Tis was a genius. Unplayable not just on his day but almost every single week.[/QUOTE
Le Tiss is up there as one of the best players i have seen in the flesh (so to speak ). Hoddle is top of my list though.
Le Tis was a genius. Unplayable not just on his day but almost every single week.
This is the one that sticks in my mind.Le Tis was a genius. Unplayable not just on his day but almost every single week.
Remember being a pissed up 18 year old watching that Poland game in the Prince William pub in Magaluf,Place went mental and the usual running battles with the Guardia Civil afterwards!!!The first World Cup I have a proper memory of. I think it was jimmy Hill laughing in the background commentary when linekar bagged a hattrick?
Hately scored in the same game as John Barnes’ wonder goal?
Remember being a pissed up 18 year old watching that Poland game in the Prince William pub in Magaluf,Place went mental and the usual running battles with the Guardia Civil afterwards!!!
Le Tis was a genius. Unplayable not just on his day but almost every single week.
Loved him ..mind you at the time loads of people called him"lazy" and only pushed himself on some occasions....didn't agree but many so called experts said that sort of thingLe Tis was a genius. Unplayable not just on his day but almost every single week.
I don't think Le Tissier played after we lost 0-1 to Italy in a world cup qualifier in 1997 where he was made the scapegoat for a poor performance in a new 343 formation yet McMananam who was as ineffective continued to be picked.
Serious question, Who did we have? I always thought he should have won more caps. I seem to remember thinking he should have gone to the ‘86 World Cup.
Although the real travesty was when Dion missed out in ‘98.
How could he have been considered then? By his own admission he was terrible until Sillet transformed his career.
I was 8 and he was my hero! Plus my dad who is a Pompey fan said Hately was shite. I therefore figured England need a big man...
Fair enough. Like I said, the real travesty was that Dion didn’t go to a World Cup.He scored 10 goals in 70 games in his first two years here
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