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Good call re Ashley Cole, I'd forgotten all about him, reason being l suspect, because he was a defender, and so much of his better work went largely unnoticed.

At his best a wonderful player I agree. Unfortunately, (mainly due to Sir Alf), he stayed until he was way past his best. Hardly Bobby's fault though.

It would have helped if he was English?

lol yes l know what you mean, and there were many who clamoured for Greaves to start and not Hurst. But as I said, without his hat-trick in the final . . .

True. There were so many players of a similar genre to Hoddle around at the time though. Maybe not quite belessed with the same talent, but still very very good. Stan Bowles, Rodney Marsh, Matt Le Tissier and Paul Merson all come to mind. All players perhaps with flawed personal lives, and...

Whilst Paul Scholes was admiittedly a great player, he is one that I could never vote for, because he turned his back on his country. To my mind a player should never 'retire' from international duty, but continue to make himself available for selection until the day he is no longer required...