Lighthouse Posted 13 October, 2015 Share Posted 13 October, 2015 Just watching Pelle this evening got me thinking about which Saints players performed particularly well for their country, even if they were never the best players for us. Anders Svensson has to be the prime example. 148 caps for an outfield player is quite incredible (23 more than Shilton), not to mention his fantastic free kick to dump the Argies out of the 2002 World Cup. Agustin Delgado is another, having arrived with a big reputation following some excellent performances for Ecuador. Steven Davis has been the N. Ireland captain on and off for 9 years now and has topped it off with those 2 goals to send them to France next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted 13 October, 2015 Share Posted 13 October, 2015 Why has Pelle prompted you to think this? The guy has been class at Saints since he joined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 13 October, 2015 Author Share Posted 13 October, 2015 Sorry, I didn't really phrase it too clearly. I meant guys who'd excelled for their country without necessarily playing as well for Saints. I agree that Pelle isn't a good example of this as he has been as good for us as Italy, it just got me thinking about other internationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 14 October, 2015 Share Posted 14 October, 2015 Well, there's usually a positive relationship.Anders wasn't bad for us, but somehow very, very good for Sweden.Delgado just couldn't adapt to England. That was a weird one.Otherwise, being good for Saints and being good for your country are pretty well correlated. The only other one that springs to mind is Neil McCann - wasn't he quite good for Scotland but utterly rubbish for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 14 October, 2015 Share Posted 14 October, 2015 Shilton, Paine and Channon while they were saints. Wright, Shearer and Ball especially while they were at other clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender Posted 14 October, 2015 Share Posted 14 October, 2015 Anyone see how poor VVD was for Holland last night, particularly the 2nd goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 14 October, 2015 Share Posted 14 October, 2015 Anyone see how poor VVD was for Holland last night, particularly the 2nd goal. I thought he looked very unhappy. No organisation around him, no midfield protection. Probably can't wait to get playing in a good team. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineSaint Posted 14 October, 2015 Share Posted 14 October, 2015 Anybody with a world cup winners medal should make the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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