View Full Version : Worst England XI
erictheking
10 Nov 2004, 07:25 AM
Come off it, there were loads worse players than Barnesy who played for England.
He was one of my heroes when I was a kid. It used to make me sick when he was booed at Wembley.
Mind you, I'm considering turning up to the next Channel 5 game and booing his attempts to be a TV presenter.
There probably are but they didn't get 70 odd caps. One good game in 1982 doesn't qualify for a good england career.
comme
10 Nov 2004, 09:33 AM
There probably are but they didn't get 70 odd caps. One good game in 1982 doesn't qualify for a good england career.
Barnes wasn't bad for England, he just wasn't anywhere near the player he was for Liverpool or Watford, if he had been he would be one of England's greatest ever players.
King Rooney
15 Nov 2004, 08:52 PM
Phil Neville is the worst england team ever as he is as bad as kazakstan playing on a minefield.
Simosa
16 Nov 2004, 08:31 AM
There was some real shyte in the mid 90's - Carlton Palmer, Andy Sinton, Tony Dorigo, David Batty plus a ton of others who played in friendlies.
That era also had some of the biggest flops for England ... Ian Wright (scored about 3 times) Andy Cole (ditto) Les Ferdiinand, Matthew Le'Tissier (never given a proper chance though). In fact had Graham Taylor built his side around Le'Tiss then we might have fared a little better. I'm not sure if Gazza was injured around then but a midfeild with Gazza, Le Tiss and Ince would of been pretty nifty. Matt didnt do himself any favours by staying at Southampton mind you - especially when he could of gone to Spurs :)
Maybe I'm a little biased but calling Les Ferdinand an England flop is slightly harsh. His power and pace always caused problems, plus his goals to game ratio wasn't actually that bad. Admittedly he wasn't the second coming of Jimmy Greaves but he did ok for England.
RobbensLeftFoot
16 Nov 2004, 09:01 AM
Don't know about the rest of the team, but Carlton Palmer, Geoff Thomas and Steve Bull would be in.
Gotta say kevin phillips disapointed, trevor sinclair never really shown what he can do but did a job. Gareth Barry heavily underperformed
lanman
16 Nov 2004, 09:39 AM
1993 tour of America produced three pretty horendous England sides
vs USA 0-2
Woods, Dixon, Dorigo, Batty, Pallister, Palmer (Walker), Ince, Clough, Sharpe, Ferdinand (Wright), Barnes
vs Brazil 1-1
Flowers, Barrett, Dorigo, Batty (Platt), Pallister, Walker, Ince (Palmer), Clough (Merson), Wright, Sinton, Sharpe
vs Germany 1-2
Martyn, Barrett, Sinton, Walker, Pallister (Keown), Sharpe (Winterburn), Platt, Ince, Merson, Clough (Wright), Barnes
For a competetive game there was not much going for the 1992 clash with Sweden
Woods, Batty, Pearce, Keown, Walker, Palmer, Platt, Webb, Sinton (Merson), Lineker (Smith), Daley.
timberley11
17 Nov 2004, 12:13 PM
1993 tour of America produced three pretty horendous England sides
vs USA 0-2
Woods, Dixon, Dorigo, Batty, Pallister, Palmer (Walker), Ince, Clough, Sharpe, Ferdinand (Wright), Barnes
vs Brazil 1-1
Flowers, Barrett, Dorigo, Batty (Platt), Pallister, Walker, Ince (Palmer), Clough (Merson), Wright, Sinton, Sharpe
vs Germany 1-2
Martyn, Barrett, Sinton, Walker, Pallister (Keown), Sharpe (Winterburn), Platt, Ince, Merson, Clough (Wright), Barnes
For a competetive game there was not much going for the 1992 clash with Sweden
Woods, Batty, Pearce, Keown, Walker, Palmer, Platt, Webb, Sinton (Merson), Lineker (Smith), Daley.
There are some bad choices in there, but back then that was probably the best the top English Players available.
You can not put the likes of Platt and Lineker in this thread
Boro_lad
17 Nov 2004, 04:10 PM
can't believe people have said stuart pearce as one of the worst...
the worst is blatently .....
GAVIN McCANN
lanman
17 Nov 2004, 04:58 PM
I don't think anyone is claiming the likes of Pearce, Platt and Lineker are some of the worst players to play for England, just that they played in particularly bad sides. If Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore ever played for England with 9 pub players you would call it one of the worst England sides ever.
lanman
17 Nov 2004, 04:58 PM
can't believe people have said stuart pearce as one of the worst...
the worst is blatently .....
GAVIN McCANN
Not Michael Ricketts?
RobB
17 Nov 2004, 07:13 PM
can't believe people have said stuart pearce as one of the worst...
the worst is blatently .....
GAVIN McCANN
I`m biased being a Villa fan but I would put McCann in the current England squad, in place of Nicky Butt. McCanns only cap came in a game England won 3-0 (against Spain) so hardly a disasterous selection.