My original point was about Taylor's entire tenure, thus me mentioning 92, and the game in 90 when he picked Cowens over Gazza (who was fully fit no injury at all and it was before he did his knee) i went on to mention 94, but you are the one who keeps trying to limit it to 94 only, also if Pearce was our best performer in 92 how was he over the hill in the qualifying for 94 that started just a couple of months afterwards? The finals of Euro 92 are very relevant to the WC qualifiers for 94.
Ian Wright came into his peak when he signed for Arsenal in 91 when he was 28, a bit late for a forward but 28 is a sound place to say someone is peaking when they were a late starter, he made his England debut not long after, he was never a regular for England, the fact he couldnt get in the side only backs up the fact the resources Taylor had were better than the last 2 or 3 managers have had for England. I'd rather have Wright 90-94 than Kane, Sturridge or the current Rooney for example. I didnt say those 4 CBs were world or international class however, those 4 centre backs are better than the current England CBs which again backs up the point I was making, they didnt get a sniff under Taylor or any manager but they would if playing now, thus we had far better resources then than we do now in comparison, or and I will ask you again, do you think Cahill and Jagielka are far better than them?? IMO Cahill and Jagielka arent fit to lace Adams' and Walker's boots in terms of quality and they were the ones who kept the 4 I mentioned out of the side (along with Pallister, Mark Wright), in short if Cahill can get 50 caps any of those I listed could.
He wouldnt pick Waddle but picked Andy Sinton, which made no sense then or now. He wouldnt pick Beardsley either. As has been said we got to a semi final in 90 under Robson and 96 under Venables, there wasnt a dearth in players in between, far from it.
I dont want to slag him off too much as I started this thread out of respect for a good football man.
