Was it the 2007 Copa America where he looked like one of the best in the world
Players you didn't realise got many International caps
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Zola had just 35 caps for Italy
The funny thing too is that he hasn’t played any games during some of the best form of his career and got caps when he wasn’t doing that well for United.I just randomly glanced at Chris Smalling's Wikipedia page and saw he has 31 England caps. I barely remember him playing for England at all
Julio Baptista 47 caps. A constant performer for Brazil
Fowler 26. I. Wright 33. It always felt like they severely under utilized.....
Andy Cole, 15 Caps, Darius Vassel 22, Jermaine Defoe 57. Defoe was a good player but he was basically a poor mans version of Cole.
Yeah, he was great in Confederations Cup 2005 and 2009 too.
Always thought he was a brilliant player, scored some wonderful goals.
I gather there is a good bit of sarcasm there I hope
Daley Blind has 104 caps, 6th on the all time list. By the time he is done, he will be top 5, maybe even top 3 most capped Dutch international. Daley Blind is a work of art
Cole, Wright, Fowler was the context of the time though, bad luck. Shearer was deservedly number one and then Michael Owen emerged who was lethal for a few years. Heskey was overplayed in the early 2000s but it was all about getting the most out of Owen who was an elite poacher.
Some of these numbers are mental. Good thread.
Podolski at 130 will never stop being funny.
Neuville at 69 is also a damning indictment of the quality in our team during his time.
Schürrle also sits at 57.
Neuville at 69 is also a damning indictment of the quality in our team during his time.
Schürrle also sits at 57.
First page good.
Second page is a lot of copying from first page.
Pathetic.
Second page is a lot of copying from first page.
Pathetic.
Matt le Tissier only getting 8 caps for England is one of the biggest crimes in footballing history.
It used to drive me nuts when people talked about Gerrard and Lampard. It shouldn't have been "how do Gerrard and Lampard get into the starting 11?". It should have been, "who plays with Carrick and Scholes? Gerrard or Lampard?"
For Ireland, McClean having over 100 caps Whelan having 91 caps is probably a sad indictment of Irish football in recent years.
McClean sounds like a company offering public toilets at highway rest stops.
Wright was 8 years older than Cole and 12 years older than Fowler and didn't overlap with Owen.
Taylor player a bunch of mediocre players ahead of Wright (16 unused sub appearances) and Venables didn't even select him. That's almost 8 years of barely playing.
Cole wasn't selected partly because Hoddle didn't like him.
Fair enough yeah but he still coincided with peak Shearer for a lot of his peak. Shearer played 17 games in 1995 and 1996. Wright was a lot older than Fowler but Fowler was most worthy of England when he was young while Wright was when he was older. Overall point still stands that England were stacked for strikers in that general era.
England played with 2 strikers every time in that era. Wright was clearly the 2nd best striker after Shearer and should have been an automatic striker. The fact of the matter is that the managers were stubborn, bitter men who picked subpar players instead. Coming on as a sub counts as much as a starting in terms of caps. Cole and Fowler weren't getting caps because of Les Ferdinand, Kevin Phillips, Emile Heskey, Teddy Sheringham. Wright was clearly being shut out by worse strikers.
Newcastle Les Ferdinand for about 2 seasons I understand but not Spurs Ferdinand.
A bit forgotten Fernando Torres is on 110 caps for Spain, more than any other forward. At least he was world class for a longer while.
Robinho got 100 caps for Brazil. So average for such a feat
Kuyt has 104 for the Netherlands.
Robinho got 100 caps for Brazil. So average for such a feat
Kuyt has 104 for the Netherlands.
If I remember well, he played a lot as a right back for England too.I just randomly glanced at Chris Smalling's Wikipedia page and saw he has 31 England caps. I barely remember him playing for England at all
It would be interesting to see how many starts they had ?
Marcos Rojo has more Argentina caps than Aimar, Riquelme, Cambiasso, Samuel, both Milito brothers and Mario Kempes.
Nigel Martyn 23 caps for england
Joleon Lescott got 26
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain got 35
All of those surprised me
Joleon Lescott got 26
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain got 35
All of those surprised me
I agree, though still surprising that Wright didn't rack up more caps before Michael Owen came along. Wasn't even part of the Euro 96 squad even though he was a consistent 25+ goals per season between 1990 and 1997.
Fowler's low cap tally makes a bit more sense. As good as he was, his peak was relatively short.
Add Ferdinand in as well, top striker, and Collymore I guess, 3 caps
McGeady with 93 as well. Easily one of the most frustrating players I've seen playing for Ireland. Had to laugh at what was clearly a little strop by McClean annoucing his retirement hours before the Ireland squad he'd been dropped from was named. Like he moved down to League 2 (regardless of the fact it was for the money)what did he think was going to happen
Totti was so sexy in the Italian kit but he was a bit wank for Italy wasn't he?
Every Ireland player since about 2016
Thomas Hitzlsperger with 52 for Germany surprised me when I found out.
Sheringham was a better support striker though than Cole and Fowler, better at linking the play which is what worked best with Shearer.
Just to be sure, what year(s) are you suggesting Wright was the 2nd best English striker?
Collymore is absolutely mad at just 3 caps.
His "issues" obviously massively hindered him, but he had a roaring season or 2 at Forest and scored plenty at Liverpool.
When you see the sort of strikers who've had more caps the last few years it's unreal.
Phil Neville = 36 starts, 23 sub appearances
Jermaine Defoe = 33 starts, 22 sub appearances
I'm sure you can get the data elsewhere, but I got from this place that I've seen before - http://www.englandfootballonline.com/
It's a good site for everything England related although not exactly sleek in it's design.
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Even more bizarrely Andy Cole only has 15. Crazy for a man who scored as many goals as he did and won as many trophies as he did at the biggest club in England.
Cabaye, very good player for a few years there.
Glen Johnson has 54 caps while he was a fairly decent premiership right back I don’t remember him being 1st choice for England for a sustained period,.
Wright-Phillips and Stewart Downing have 36 and 35 each. Again fairly decent players but I can’t remember a single game of their England careers.
Wright-Phillips and Stewart Downing have 36 and 35 each. Again fairly decent players but I can’t remember a single game of their England careers.