"Glenn said I'd never play for England again, and I didn't!" Sutton comes clean on England snub

Chris Sutton and Glenn Hoddle explain his omission from the England squad and his rejection to play for England B.
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[@mcgannpster]

Appreciate his honesty. We’ve all done things we regret

[@craigray3211]

Yup..was just thinking the samething.

[@joelthorpe4170]

He thought he was better than he was.

[@jayjaysamazingblogs749]

@@joelthorpe4170 exactly

[@thomaslau2362]

We just move forward according to Johnny walker lol "keep walking and nv look back"

[@Rossa4444]

Very honest, no bullshit, i like that. its these kind of responses that make people go up in my estimation.

[@geoffpoole9107]

And saying it with the person concerned sitting next to him.

[@fraz6354]

Shearer, Wright, Ferdinand, Sheringham, Cole, Fowler and Collymore were all ahead of Sutton in that era. That was the strongest era I can remember for England strikers.

[@stigkenobi7525]

A few of them had long-term injuries at that time. Which is why Sutton actually had a fair chance. He ended up joint topscorer in the PL that season.

[@bottlewaddle6677]

also, because the game bred and required classic strikers more back then

[@fabiopozzi6332]

If Wright was fourth choice, Sutton didn't have a chance

[@gunpuntuhong4531]

Fabio Pozzi exactly, couldn’t agree more

[@maxdavids5445]

Wrighty was terrible for England. He should have been nowhere near fourth.

[@jackriver1999]

Ian Wright only made sporadic appearances for England, was never given a consistent run. I'm sure he would have scored more goals for England. But Shearer, younger and more prolific at the time, was given the nod, and rightly so. Wrighty should definitely be ahead of Sutton, especially with the latter's rotten big time charlie attitude.

[@braindonor8753]

Too right. Shearer, Sheringham, Cole, Wright, Fowler.. all better in that period. Wasn't good enough.

[@Winter-gf9nt]

Brain Donor to be fair though his partnership with shearer had they been able to replicate that for England they may have gone on to actually win something Sutton was a great striker no one can deny that

[@joewhite22]

To think we left out Gazza and Le Tissier at the 98 World Cup.

[@morbidangel5249]

He left gazza out because he was a piss head just like he didn't pick Beckham and after pressure from the press he played Beckham against Argentina and look what happened

[@morbidangel5249]

@lee turton and me he's my all time hero . But when he started smacking his woman around I lost all respect for him

[@Smudgeroon74]

Was it true that when Gazza found out he wasn't in the squad for 1998 world cup he trashed his hotel room?

[@morbidangel5249]

@itwasntme I think he smashed Glen hoddles office up when he called him in to tell him he was out of the squad

[@HighlandMike325]

Gazza was drunk at the meeting with Glenn when he was told he was out. He'd been on the beer on the golf course. Described perfectly in Tony Adams' book

[@Krwler]

Shearer, Sheringham, Fowler, Collymore, Wright, Ferdinand, Sutton, Le Tissier, Owen, Dublin. Hoddle had an array of talent.

[@joebloggs7381]

Andy Cole?

[@Krwler]

Embarrassing. I knew I was missing someone. I'm United fan too

[@redd605]

Krwler I can see why he said no,he was 6-to 8th choice, getting picked for b team,he dropped Gascoigne,who was brilliant in the qualifying,,

[@Krwler]

Dropping Gazza was a scandal at the time. England so much quality at the time.

[@siddyfisher1765]

Better than Ricky Lambert in recent years. Certainly bettwe than Glenn Murray who could get called up

[@s.a.6377]

Man got way too big for his boots. England's striking options were endless at the time

[@markredmond59]

Shakib ahmed Sutton was proved right. Matt le tisser scored a hat trick in that B game and didn’t go to the World Cup.

[@ivanc9149]

Striking options were endless and they still won NOTHING

[@chrisninety1]

@@ivanc9149 Striking options were endless, unfortunately options elsewhere were not quite as endless. If you'd listed all those options on the back of a stamp there'd still have been an end point.

[@mickporter1488]

Every player he mentioned has a legend in Fifa. Get it up ye Sutton #55

[@naterutherford7224]

The stormzy of the 90s 😉

[@philhardy6470]

Respect his honesty, we’ve all made mistakes in life, to realize his mistake, hats off to Sutton

[@RonanB99]

Nice to see his humility

[@andestung1760]

I remember in the early edition of Championship Manager (now Football Manager), Chris Sutton was listed as Centre back/Forward.

[@hamishmunroe9906]

He played centre back in his early days at Norwich. He also filled in there for Celtic later in his career. But obviously made his name as a centre forward

[@garybarnes9131]

Sutton and hoddle honesty.. Great chat

[@SuperSkin68]

I think Chris Sutton should be admired for what he said. Nice one mate. 👍🏻

[@vantagev8331]

We all make mistakes when we’re younger; respect to him for eating humble pie and so publicly.

[@strke69]

I loved watching that great SAS partnership especially in that famous title winning year/season by Blackburn speaking as a Utd fan it was amazing to watch:)

[@arsenalfanrichi]

I bet defenders knew they were in a game after coming off having played those two. They could both Dish it out lol.

[@myview2543]

Jake talks to much.

[@carn5haun343]

He desperately wants to be 'one of the boys'

[@Drenwickification]

@@carn5haun343 lmfao he literally barely speaks this entire video

[@babydanfilms]

@@Drenwickification that's still far too much aha

[@azzah771]

Thought the same

[@purehyperbole5727]

He ruins everything he touches on BT Sport.

[@kimbob5]

The list of strikers we had back then, that is serious firepower!

[@kazmishahbrap]

Really do like Sutton as a pundit, gone up in my estimation by how he responded here aswell.

[@braindonor8753]

kazmishahbrap honestly? Think he is proper rent a gob me. Just controversial for the sake of it.

[@Xanti97]

I can’t stand him

[@mrclaretandblue]

kazmishahbrap least he admitted he was wrong

[@robchip1]

Takes a big man to be openly humble like he is here and own up to his mistakes especially with Glen sat next to him. He's clearly embarrassed by his own actions. Changed my view on him.

[@joebloggs416]

kazmishahbrap really !!!

[@TrueJaguarPaw]

The amount of competition Sutton named was great. All great strikers in a great era of football.

[@judasgoat4230]

There's a lot of people on here that like to say negative stuff about Sutton, even if he's honest and humble. Sutton was a great player at Blackburn and he was an awesome centre forward. Sutton has my respect.

[@wonjubhoy]

A great player for Celtic too. He scored big goals in Europe against Barcelona, Lyon, Stuttgart, ajax and juventus

[@dpj1]

Hoddle cut Ray Parlour from the squad for having a joke with his (GH’s) faith healer.... Parlour had won arsenal player of the year, in a double winning side.

[@Bats-7]

dpj1 but Ray Parlour was no international good club player at best

[@Winter-gf9nt]

Tbf we are talking about hoddle the guy who said handicapped people were being punished for something in a previous life. Who is the real bellend here? Players are spoiled we know that hoddle couldn't take it his time in the limelight as a player was over, such vanity remember him and waddle totps? 😣

[@finding_aether]

@@Bats-7 Romford Pele was pretty good.

[@joeybill9472]

Exactly Parlour should have gone over Anderton or Lee.

[@nickwilliams1065]

Hoddle played for England but I always felt he was just a club player, at best he only ever played for 20/30 mins in most games the rest of the time he was a passenger. As a manager, we'll the least said the better. Sick note was only chosen because of the spurs connection, Rob Lee was as good as Palour so they would have made a more logical choice if your out to win things. It's a bit like Fowler and Owen both Liverpool but Fowler by far the better finisher, but England got caught up in the, well Owen's so fast, no disputing that but also injury prone and playing while injured for seven robbing erikson cost him the rest of his career, he was ever the same once his speed had gone. So many muppets and yes men in charge of England over the years and an interfering FA didn't help.

[@GreigStott]

Great chat. Chris Sutton was a great player and he did make a silly mistake. It's a shame he never got more caps later in his career, especially during his time at Celtic. But we live and learn. 👍⚽❤

[@markstrugnell]

Greig Stott he was below average in my opinion. That’s why he played for Celtic. Any player can look good playing for Celtic in that league. Just look at Scott Sinclair.

[@wonjubhoy]

@@markstrugnellChris Sutton scored for Celtic against Ajax, juventus, Barcelona, Lyon and Stuttgart. He helped Celtic get to the 2003 uefa cup final and Henrik Larsson played his best football with Sutton beside him. The Celtic team Sutton played for knocked teams like Ajax, Liverpool and Barcelona out of Europe.

[@braydengalloway9732]

kevin gallagher exactly, but of course classic English mentality of “My Nan could score a hatrick In the Scottish League.”

[@MarkFarm]

@@braydengalloway9732 I think she'd have got 4 or 5 to be honest!

[@tiocfaidharla8511]

​@@markstrugnell Sutton was playing in an era of Scottish fitbaw that had a lot of quality players, Scott sinclairs era.. not so much

[@garylatham3608]

Handled that like a man, well done Sutton.

[@66Viscount]

Respect to Chris. He has gone up in my estimation. I do accept Glenn’s point about being spoilt for choice at that time.

[@nigelkhan9278]

I honestly believe that Glen Hoddle was the best England manager and should not have been sacked. A fine, community service and suspension would have been enough. I really enjoyed the creative style, the team setup and tactics of Hoddle. He only managed England for three years but if he had not been sacked England Golden Generation would have won World Cup and Euro Championship.

[@thegamblingzone-ql1vj]

without a doubt mate. he would have made us winners all day

[@justablokepostingfunvids7137]

Emile Heskey played 62 times for England.......let that sink in. Compared to what players do now adays Sutton was an angel

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Heskey had a good attitude. That goes a long way with managers.

[@justablokepostingfunvids7137]

Cockoff Gewgle I know what your saying but a good attitude didn’t matter for some of the best players maradonna, cantona and gasgoigne etc talent usually wins out

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Sutton didn't have that much talent. Consider how egotistical and hard to deal with most players must be. Think how much of a dream it must be when one comes along who is hard working and humble. That's why Pedros and Welbecks exist.

[@justablokepostingfunvids7137]

Cockoff Gewgle Cockoff Gewgle he was a record English transfer fee, joint top goal scorer in the premier league, won premier league, spl numerous times and could play Center forward or defensively consider how egotistical one moment in his career was every player can make a mistake Roy Keane flew home from a World Cup while captain not like Sutton’s alone in making a poor decision

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

And there were 6 better strikers. Keane never played for Ireland again either.

[@kflem80]

To be fair at the time Chris Sutton was a very good striker. He's unfortunate that we had a fantastic amount of quality strikers to choose from. I think he and Glenn Hoddle come across very well in this

[@harrymckerlie8292]

Good old Chris Sutton, not always right, but doesn't pull his punches, even when talking about himself.

[@familyread7889]

Very honest

[@alistairmcdougall9625]

Big up Chris must of been difficult to of admitted that on TV in front of the manager involved in the disagreement 👍

[@london_james]

fair play for chris being very honest

[@jakemarsh2122]

Played cricket with this man! Really nice guy and he’s a top fella not even hoking

[@danielhowe7362]

They both make good points about that time. I respect and like both men. I think it's to Sutton's credit that he talks so candidly about himself! Good interview and two top guys in Messrs Sutton and Hoddle!

[@ephancock]

Although Sutton acted like a right co*k its good in a way to see how desperate a player back in the day wanted to turn out for an England A team. If a few of today's players were that desperate to play and perform in an England shirt we might just do as well as Hoddle's squad did back then at the world cup.

[@AlexOjideagu2]

England did better than Hoddle's 98, much better

[@Ldoggmillionaire]

go out in the first knock out round? yous have done better than that 3 times out of 5 since

[@Jaunt1able]

Class clip, this. Fair play to both of them, especially Sutton.

[@joeybill9472]

At the time Englands striking options were amazing! However when Eriksson was in charge he should have been given more of a chance especially as he picked some Turkeys like Vassell, Beattie & Ricketts.

[@nigelkhan9278]

As much as I love Spurs Great Hoddle my idol, dropping Le Tisser, Gascoigne and Parlour was absolutely criminal.

[@ECCENTRICERIC69]

Ha ha, Parlour was bang average made to look better in a great Arsenal team. He was basically a non stop runner and told to give the ball to the quality foreigner as soon as possible!!

[@burlhorse61]

@@ECCENTRICERIC69 considering Parlour was in the invincibles-he was bang average.and i'm a gooner

[@Timekeeper1200]

Unfortunately they were probably the three most unprofessional players in the squad

[@GavinWoods]

That amount of striking talent on offer and yet England as a squad were hopeless at that stage.

[@michaelshepherd6649]

I always thought it was England’s loss, a very good player.

[@MrMUKIE]

Respect to the honest man!

[@louiem2]

Robbie Fowler, Dion Dublin and Matt Le Tiss couldn't get a sniff of regular playing time with England. Just shows how great our striking options were at the time.

[@expatwealthasia8702]

A good and honest conversation.

[@TheRhosoftherovers]

Refreshing honesty from Chris.

[@kpwand]

The fact that England B hasn't seen the light of day for 15 years is because it was a stupid idea and a huge waste of time. Sutton was probably right to turn it down, but he should have retired from international football instead of turning down the opportunity.

[@bargainboymakem1]

Sutton was never gonna break through ahead of the other England strikers of that time. He was good, but he was way down the pecking order in the eyes of almost everyone at the time. ...outside of Blackburn.

[@Craig.229]

I wish Glenn would say Chris would never be a pundit again and that happens to

[@ScotlandTV]

*Too

[@kragger1985]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@joebloggs416]

😂😂😂brilliant

[@paulwatson5220]

what they leave out of the discussion, is that Le Tissier played in that England B game, scored a hat trick and still didn't make the squad, so what was the point of it? I am no fan of Sutton but he was right in a way not to bother with the game.

[@arsenalfanrichi]

I agree, Le Tissier's England Career is somewhat akin to Cantona's France career.

[@songkok7hitam]

That's maturity. Lots of respect for both men.

[@ralphrex9118]

Glen being very generous, and refreshing honesty from Sutton.

[@calvinhicks1992]

The only player that ever deserved a proper chance was Matt Le Tissier, he’d have made all the difference in that England squad.

[@kehindea]

Andy Cole was snubbed by England managers despite his goal record.

[@Sidneyyoungblood75]

vhprecords - because as hoddle said, he needed six touches to get it under control. Wasn't good enough for the top top level. The majority of players would have scored by the busload playing in the united team of the 90s

[@GBDazzler]

Was never England level at that time

[@BlueLeopard200]

I'm surprised he even made the B team to be honest. England had so many top strikers in the 90s, it was ridiculous.

[@villainofthepiste5858]

He was a good striker in a very good Blackburn team, at the time but he was nowhere near the class of the rest mentioned!!!

[@TheIkaraCult]

40 year old Teddy Sherringham was still twice the player Sutton ever was.

[@patrickmcdonough4472]

No chance

[@patrickmcdonough4472]

No way,Sutty was unlucky due2 the players that was at hoddle choice there was 7-8 strikers he had,,& sheringham wasnt 1 of them

[@dozzio]

Honestly no just no just no no no no no just no ok no

[@MrAckers75]

Couple of good seasons and then thought he was pele

[@louispks]

Shearer, Sheringham, Fowler, Owen, Wright, Le Tissier, Les Ferdinand, Collymore even Dion Dublin who was joint top scorer 97/98. All the above where miles in front of Sutton for England. A good player by all means but most of the above are legends for clubs and country.

[@besimsala20]

Michael Owen was a poacher but in Madrid he lacks Basic Skills compared to Ronaldo Raul.

[@sledgehammer858]

I've seen a few of these clips where Jake annoys the pundits

[@Stampistuta]

To be fair to Chris I sort of want players to be angry that they’re left out. Surely Glenn owed him an explanation? England B doesn’t even exist anymore and I wager that most of today’s top players wouldn’t play for them either.

[@iainjohnson4105]

I think Chris has said it right now.He shouldn't have done it when there were so many good options he should be able to work out why he wasn't picked.If he had played the last 10 games and then been dropped he might expect an explanation but not after 1

[@NoycieBrv]

Sutton had one good season at Blackburn, then flopped massively at Chelsea. And ended up playing in Scotland, which obviously is a poor level. Never good enough for England.

[@M.B2K3]

But he got to a European final. Can’t say that’s a poor level

[@M.B2K3]

DLR72 Blue champions league is poor level. That’s a stupid claim

[@johngr9963]

DLR72 Blue xin???

[@johngr9963]

Xin a row,,your another dickbellend.

[@garethbraint]

What about when he was at Norwich?

[@thedonmakaveli7546]

My god we had some players in those days, when they rattled off the names! Sutton was decent

[@scottishcelts2040]

Wow the first time I've seen sutton bottle it. Fair play big man.

[@sratus]

What did he bottle?

[@The160879]

He did a great interview the week after Seville moments after Celtic beat Kilmarnock in 2003. Dunfermline lay down to them boo hoo

[@Revelian1982]

He did the opposite of bottling it. He was refreshingly open and honest about the whole thing, even admitting that it was his own fault.

[@captainblimp4133]

Sutton was right Glenn was unsincere,because he made Le Tissier play in a England B game against Russia I think it was before the 98 world cup,man scores four goals wins the game but still doesn't get to go to the world cup so I don't think Sutton was ever in with a chance.

[@smokebreaktime]

Back when England had decent strikers.

[@CK-dd7eq]

And won.... 🙄

[@andrewclifton185]

Love the subtitles ha all over the show!

[@glenbaker8412]

Thing is with Sutton, his best work was done as a foil for the main striker (Shearer or Larsson). He wasn’t in competition with Wright, Cole, Fowler etc but more in the Sheringham role. He was young, brash and had confidence in himself that spilled over. Takes a man to admit he was wrong.

[@Some-kid-called-David]

Himphries tries his best to make Chris feel bad about a choice he made years ago and despite Chris openly admitting (several times) that he made a mistake. Absolute bell end

[@headsroll]

Sutton at his peak was never an England starter......

[@CochinchineRaconteur]

This presenter has got an irritating whiny voice

[@trevorgreen8615]

In general, this presenter has an overrated opinion of himself and it cut him down to size when he longer was formula one presenter. I saw him insult an actor and look down his nose at him. Who is he though? Boring and could be replaced by anyone. Zero personality.

[@aid901]

One of the best on tv imo.

[@ginganinja2872]

Who did he insult?

[@corpgov]

What's more, he's talking rubbish here (unless it's intended sarcastically) when he tries to back up Sutton by saying that Chris is usually sensible. Sutton is precisely not that with his unwitty and provocative/ trolling statements. The loudness of his opinions are inversely related to his footballing ability (or lack thereof), perhaps.

[@seanscanlon9067]

In fairness to Sutton, I don't think it was so much that he thought that he was too good for England B and just that if he couldn't be part of the senior squad then that was it.

[@gottee1]

I agree with Sutton B teams mean nothing , le Tissier scored a hat trick and still was overlooked

[@laurence1120]

Disgrace ... If Venables was as good a manager as made out He'd have played LeTiss in Euro 96 and won the competition.

[@deanjones684]

Le tiss was awful in an England shirt. Him and Collymore who were great strikers in their day.

[@HarryFlashman.]

As a player Hoddle was the best midfielder I ever saw. Majestic, two footed. He made the game look easy. What a footballer he was. But I agree with Lincoln D. His man management skills were very poor.

[@cammy944]

England underachieved massively at that world cup with the players available.

[@dagnut]

Cameron l 10 l In context I don't think so, for me, that was the last great world cup..their were some great teams in England were unlucky against Argentina.. They lost to a good Romanian team who they outplayed.. They wouldn't of beat a fantastic Croatia side even if they'd won their group...I dont remember any other tournament that had so many quality sides

[@sirperybLakeney]

Yeah, I agree with dagnut. Hoddle did a solid enough job with England at '98. There were plenty of really strong squads that could've won the Cup that year. As well as Brazil and France, Holland Argentina, Italy, and Croatia were all very strong sides. I wouldn't have fancied England against any of them and drawing Argentina is never going to be all that promising.

[@Bobbygregstanius]

Robbed . Sole the mole banged

[@elvisleeboy]

percy blakeney People forget that England won Tournoi de France in 1997, beating both France and Italy on the way, losing only to Brazil.

[@KaitainCPS]

From a certain point of view. I mean, they were one of the five best teams in the tournament. Their main failing was conceding the late goal to Romania that meant they didn't top the group, and played Argentina in the R16. Then again, look who the alternative would have been: Croatia, who beat Romania and went on to the semis. So it's a shame that England didn't get to play more games, but on the flipside they took part in one of the ten greatest World Cup matches of all time against Argentina. So I don't know how much I can truly regret the way things panned out. I suppose it's a particular shame that Beckham fell into Simeone's trap. Incidentally, Simeone's foul should have been a straight red imo.

[@karlbradshaw3825]

Imagine him thinking he had a chance with that competition

[@ak11uk4]

I never liked Sutton as a player but as a Pundit as mentioned, he comes across well. Was honest about his mistake. Hoddle should have said there, yep, I stood by my decision then that he or any player that did that to him would never play for England again! :-)

[@FamousGrouse4]

Fair play to Chris for saying he was wrong on TV

[@TheVanpablo79]

Even if Chris didn’t do that, he would still only be looking at sub appearances as it was always Shearer + 1, then Owen + 1. Also, when he went to Celtic, he never started more than 20 games a season as a striker

[@boxingmonkey8393]

Don't worry about it Big Man, . . . Hoddle was sacked in disgrace for saying spastics deserved what they got from sins in a previous live . . . a mental case

[@CK-dd7eq]

Who's the spastic now 😂

[@andrewjoyce9038]

Sutton was fantastic that season for Blackburn. 18 league goals. Had that Sheringham ability as well to pick out other players. Him and shearer would have gotten us to a semi final. Though les Ferdinand Sheringham Owen Fowler collymoore Cole shearer le tissier were great options

[@Ryan-ix2zx]

Sutton wasn’t good enough for Rangers either and he had to settle for Celtic like Hartson done.

[@vantheman1234]

I like Chris Sutton. He’s intelligent and is a breath of fresh air as a football pundit.

[@bigmoneysteppa]

Cake.

[@frunk6006]

How many did he bang in for Chelsea?

[@wesleycoulter3058]

3 goals

[@scottpaulson206]

He named the best of them all last Andy Cole👌😎

[@Bigbaz86]

Shearer, cole, Sheringham, Wright, ferdinand, fowler and Owen. Add in ince gasgoine mcmanaman redknapp. How did England not win something?

[@glennfrance7880]

Rednapp, really

[@jayrb7747]

it was because there was no VAR. i swear the referee and linesmen have been paid up. at the tip of my fingers I can recall 3 or 4 major events where England were wrongly adjudged - though one was probably not that wrong - the Beckham red card was probably $$$ paid to ref

[@user-hf6vy8xc4i]

This Jake chap is pushing something he didn’t need to 🤦‍♂️

[@Ryanwestham]

Love bt sports sometimes get down to the hard stuff not everything can be nicely nice all the time

[@badboy7678]

Doesn’t make a difference he would’ve never got in anyway...

[@adriansharpe8883]

Didn’t help LeTissier playing did it!? Hoddle made many mistakes.......

[@soaringbeyond]

Englands loss🤷 Great player and prolific goal scorer 💪

[@sledge1960]

Gascoigne was the greatest British player since Best and couldn't get an England game. Sutton couldn't have laced either's boots. Le Tissier was unique, Sutton was a legend in his own lunchtime.

[@monoelmono9476]

Right player wrong time. Back then as they mentioned all them strikers we had. Nowadays it would be him and Kane perhaps playing together.

[@taffymackem2596]

Not a Sutton fan but understand what he did and why.

[@adamskiroo1]

Didn't realize Sutton was so Dull

[@pooledogg775]

That list of strikers...

[@williampaterson5664]

Better forwards at the time no chance of playing

[@scottpaulson206]

Les Ferdinand underrated

[@FredericFreedom]

Very

[@ImranAhmed-sc1qe]

England really missed out 👀

[@jas563ifybelieve]

Imran Ahmed 😂😂😂

[@KingEddo8]

John McAllister This just gets better 😂😂😂

[@Legenda20SLO]

I think he's hilarious. I'd probably react the same way and finish my international career. Probably wouldn't apologize as well.

[@MrDJM81]

I thought it at the time and think it now; Sutton was right. He might not have handled it well, but at the time he deserved to be in. It’s happened loads since. Kevin Phillips, Peter Crouch are just two English strikers since, who didn’t get the amount of games they deserved at international level.

[@Barbarous_Wretch]

Hoddle could knuckle down to his heart's content. Wasn't going to make him any faster.

[@SuperSkin68]

JiminyPopapill Hoddle was quality

[@choppy249]

Didn't need to be any faster when he had more skill and more of a football brain than almost any other player living .

[@Telechontar09]

It’s a shame, because when England were lacking a real big man during the Heskey era, he’d have been a shoe in for caps.

[@mrm5183]

Never heard of Crouch?