Didn't happen for Leicester. Even when they won the league or a few seasons on and were still in European competitions, Harvey Barnes, James Madison and Marc Albrighton each barely got a look in.turfytopper wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:58 amTony, I am hoping those days may come to an end with our raised profile.
Same as how Philips was in like a shot soon as Leeds went up. Or Ings was miraculously England worthy having barely kicked a ball for Liverpool. Palace are on the verge of bucking the trend but Eze was still a fringe player during games you'd have expected him to feature more in. Guehi I actually think is a rare example of the reverse in terms of a smaller club player who I'm not sure why he was selected as quickly as he was but he's the exception.
The England team will never be selected on form alone, and all the talk of "proven quality", "fitting Southgate's culture" or "fitting the system" is noise. The England team is in part a shop window and development squad for the marquee players and designated big club youngsters, the commercial buffer it provides dictates this. Money talks in football.