I was too young to see Bobby Moore in his prime, so my vote goes for Paul Scholes (he scores goals m'lud)
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BEST England player
- Thread starter El Presidente
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Desperately seeking clarification: the best player who ever played for England, or the player who, while playing for England, played better than any other?
Jimmy Greaves a close 2nd
Hoddle
Megazone
On his last warning
Hoddle
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Two that never got enough caps. Hoddle and Le Tiss
Both should have had the attack built around them
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
Bobby Charlton and Moore.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Gordon Banks.
Bladders
Twats everywhere
Greaves doesn't get enough love as he ended up the forgotton man in 1966, but I don't think his goals per game ratio will ever be beaten.
In my time though and when he was fit and on form Gazza was simply unplayable.
Hoddle never got enough game either, such a wasted talent at International level.
In my time though and when he was fit and on form Gazza was simply unplayable.
Hoddle never got enough game either, such a wasted talent at International level.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Whilst Paul Scholes was admiittedly a great player, he is one that I could never vote for, because he turned his back on his country. To my mind a player should never 'retire' from international duty, but continue to make himself available for selection until the day he is no longer required.
Best player? so many to choose from, but perhaps Geoff Hurst?, it's goalscorers who win games, and without his goals we would never have been World Champions.
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
It should have been this man.
Winger/Midfielder
560 league appearances (80 goals)
1 league cup winner
1 fa cup winner
2 league winners medal
2 champions leagues winners medal (and scoring in both finals).
Only 37 caps. England should have built the team round him like the two teams he mainly played for, unfortunately Venables was the only England manager that knew how to play him.
Winger/Midfielder
560 league appearances (80 goals)
1 league cup winner
1 fa cup winner
2 league winners medal
2 champions leagues winners medal (and scoring in both finals).
Only 37 caps. England should have built the team round him like the two teams he mainly played for, unfortunately Venables was the only England manager that knew how to play him.
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Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
True. There were so many players of a similar genre to Hoddle around at the time though. Maybe not quite belessed with the same talent, but still very very good.
Stan Bowles, Rodney Marsh, Matt Le Tissier and Paul Merson all come to mind.
All players perhaps with flawed personal lives, and perhaps lacking a tad in the work rate stakes, and it was if the England manager(s) at the time were looking for rather more than just raw talent.
A great shame in my view.
McManaman?
jameswestport
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George Best
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
lol yes l know what you mean, and there were many who clamoured for Greaves to start and not Hurst. But as I said, without his hat-trick in the final . . .
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
It would have helped if he was English?
brakespear
Doctor Worm
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