{"id":45,"date":"2011-09-08T15:37:23","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T15:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.30yardsniper.co.uk\/?p=45"},"modified":"2011-09-08T18:47:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T18:47:32","slug":"top-5-england-players-whose-inclusion-made-you-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.30yardsniper.co.uk\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 England players whose inclusion made you cry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Emile Heskey – <\/strong>That feeling of betrayal when the ball drops to Emile Heskey in the penalty area, and just for a second, you truly believe…over the bar, and Heskey falls over. Ouch.<\/li>\n
  2. Phil Neville – <\/strong>A friend of mine once opined that Phil Neville was the better footballer versus his brother Gary. Then Euro 2000 happened and no-one ever thought that again. 59 caps and that<\/em> was the only thing he achieved. That and getting 59 caps. Good God.<\/li>\n
  3. David James – <\/strong>safe hands. No, that was David Seaman, sorry. Hard to pick from his back catalogue of errors, though the Euro 2004 group stage game vs France sticks out – deliberately unsighting himself behind the wall for Zidane’s free-kick equaliser, then conceding the penalty for the French winner. Catastrophic.<\/li>\n
  4. Shaun Wright-Phillips <\/strong>– specifically on the left wing at WC2010. Crippling one-footedness meant he refused to go down the outside, so he either played a short ball back inside or lost it. What were you thinking of, Fabio? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING OF?<\/li>\n
  5. Andrew Cole <\/strong>– his 1 goal from 1 yard against footballing powerhouse Albania was the highlight of his 15-cap career. How the tears would flow after he missed yet another “sighter”.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Honourable mentions: Lee Bowyer (attitude, personality, face), Jermain Defoe (just f***ing pass it!), Frank Lampard (WC2006: Shots – 21, On target – 0, Off target – 21), Jermaine Jenas (existential anguish)<\/p>\n