KentVillan Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Was listening to a podcast last night where people had sent in questions, and this was one of them. The presenters suggested Mikel Arteta, Paolo di Canio, and an author of football-themed detective fiction who shall remain nameless. Aymeric Laporte also came up as a possibility, although surely at age 25 he is just in the same boat as Jack Grealish - be amazed if either of them remain uncapped. Thought it was an interesting question and there must be some better answers than this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 don't know about greatest but if we are talking England then Billy Bonds and Jimmy Case could be worth a mention Regular fantasy football players would probably remember easy points for having Steed Malbranque in his Fulham days who i don't think ever got a cap ? (again subjective on the use of great) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Potato Head probably should have earned a cap, bit farcical he never did 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 If Ailton wasnt Brazilian in that era he would have won many caps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 27 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: don't know about greatest but if we are talking England then Billy Bonds and Jimmy Case could be worth a mention Regular fantasy football players would probably remember easy points for having Steed Malbranque in his Fulham days who i don't think ever got a cap ? (again subjective on the use of great) Malbranque actually made a France squad as an unused sub, but was never capped. Good shout, although he was a decent mid-table player really. 19 minutes ago, Zatman said: If Ailton wasnt Brazilian in that era he would have won many caps This is a really good one. Had completely forgotten about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Dario Hubner had an incredible record in Italy, including in Serie A at Brescia and Piacenza. I think he was Serie A top scorer one season as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Gunnar "Säffle" Andersson never played for Sweden even thou he won top scorer in the French league several times for Marseille. He's still considered one of their best ever players having scored 169 times in 220 games between 1950-1958 He wasn't picked because Sweden had a policy of not picking pro's or players playing abroad Edited January 16, 2020 by sne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Silvian Distin never got a cap or even called up by France. Felt odd to me when you think how solid he was over the years at various premier league clubs and Boumsong was a regular for them in that era. Can't even say he was ignored because he didn't play for Man. United or Arsenal as I remember Chimbonda getting a call up to their world cup squad when he played for Wigan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 7 hours ago, Zatman said: Potato Head probably should have earned a cap, bit farcical he never did Can you imagine an English Man U CB not being a cert for every squad? How he never even got 1 cap is baffling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 16, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2020 15 hours ago, Zatman said: Potato Head probably should have earned a cap, bit farcical he never did 15 hours ago, KentVillan said: an author of football-themed detective fiction who shall remain nameless 8 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: Can you imagine an English Man U CB not being a cert for every squad? How he never even got 1 cap is baffling Did not know this before. What a pleasant thing to learn, bet he'll be pissed off about it for his whole life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 17 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: Did not know this before. What a pleasant thing to learn, bet he'll be pissed off about it for his whole life. He held a grudge against Taylor for it, he brought it up around the time of the Enckelman blunder games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Paulo Di Canio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Ethan Moore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Sir Dennis Mortimer. Close this thread. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Jack Grealish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Got to be potato head for England. How he never got a single cap is scandalous! Especially when Keith Curle, John Scales and Earl Barrett all got 3 caps each in the same era! There were some good defenders during his time... Butcher, Adams, Pallister, Keown, Bould, Des Walker, Mark Wright, but he deserved a chance at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, Xela said: Got to be potato head for England. How he never got a single cap is scandalous! Especially when Keith Curle, John Scales and Earl Barrett all got 3 caps each in the same era! There were some good defenders during his time... Butcher, Adams, Pallister, Keown, Bould, Des Walker, Mark Wright, but he deserved a chance at least. Steve Bould only won 2 caps and not until his 30s, Winterburn won 2 as well which is incredible considering that Arsenal defence 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Steve Bould only won 2 caps and not until his 30s, Winterburn won 2 as well which is incredible considering that Arsenal defence That Arsenal defence (plus Cole who came though) was the bedrock that allowed Wenger to build some great teams. Once they'd all gone they were never as strong at the back again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Did Carlo Cudicini ever get an Italian cap? Number 1 for Chelsea for years and think Italy called him up once for a friendly but not sure he got on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 7 hours ago, VillaChris said: Did Carlo Cudicini ever get an Italian cap? Number 1 for Chelsea for years and think Italy called him up once for a friendly but not sure he got on. Seb Rossi and Antonioli were better Italian keepers that went uncapped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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