To talk about 'top class players' and 'world class players' is admittedly slightly arbitrary....Ian Wright made more of out his career than the Fowlers, Collymores of the world did. Considering that Wright didnt play for a top club till he was about to turn 28 them breh where alreadyby that age. Wrights intenrational career was already over before it started just because of his age so I dont really hold that failure against him, he was always 3rd 4th choice.
After Lineker the only strikers who done it at international level was Shearer & Owen and thats it. Everyone else been
Most of players who represented England havent do it international, they might of had a year or 2 but thats it. If i really think about the most consistent players for England since 00 have been defendersRio, Terry, Sol & Ashley Cole and thats pretty fukkin shockin isnt it
And yeah, no one has done it for England, for whatever reason out of the creative players for the best part of a decade.
We get the chance to see Gerrard, Lampard, etc playing well in the big champions league games so we can see they're not as shyt as they make out in the international tournaments.... Cup Winners Cup was more prestigious than the secondary euro trophies are now, but I still don't think we've ever had a level that's fukking with the big champions league games now... that's the pinnacle and more competitive than a lot of international football tbh.
But Shearer, Rooney, Henry, Owen (before he fell off)... these guys would've walked into most sides around the world.
Wright made the most of his ability and absolutely carried the team for long periods... and I know it doesn't have to be adversarial, but he ain't on that level for me....
