No England manager found a way to get the best out of those players. And I think that was also true of Peter Osgood to an extent, and also Glenn Hoddle. I'm sure there are others.

And at club level, none played for big clubs that consistently won trophies.

So I think there was a lack of trust shown towards them and nobody willing to risk building a team around their talents.

Ebs could turn out to be our Le Tissier. Happy to be a big fish in a small pond rather than be one of a number at the likes of City, Liverpool, Chelsea etc. etc.

I'm one of those that thinks he doesn't always impose himself in games against the top teams, but let's face it, if he's the difference in the majority of Palace games against the rest of the clubs then he's a huge asset.

We've been robbed of seeing him and Olise play together for most of this season. I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that had they been regularly available, then Palace would probably be 7/8 points better off and had no relegation concerns.

On a positive note that situation did result in Glasner coming in sooner however.

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Maybe that is the problem, the managers, Bobby Robson, Graham Taylor, Terry Venables, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Steve McClaren, Fabio Capello, Roy Hodgson, Sam Allardyce, Gareth Southgate, what an awful list, the only quality was Capello, and he was past it.

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I note the discussion about whether playing for the likes of Pep would restrict Eze.
I would suggest the answer is yes.
Henry was one of the best players in the world, but at Barcelona Pep told him he wouldn't play unless ' he could see chalk on his boots. '
He wanted to see him posted out on the left to create space for Messi i.e to sacrifice himself for the team.
I just don't see Eze as a rigid formation type player.
De Bruyne, Silva and Foden are very talented but are tactically very flexible.
I'm not sure that tactical rigidity would get the best out of Eze.

Or maybe you massively undervalue a certain type of maverick player .

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