His one England game against Spain was awful.
Not entirely his fault!
That utter nob Graham Taylor played him as a left back, a position he'd never played at! (this was at the time he was playing, and on fire, either, as a left winger or centre forward for City),
If he would have scored that chance in the second minute, then, who knows?
He had a pretty average first half after that, and, probably would have got another chance at playing for England, but, for one person.
That tw@ jimmy hill spent the total half time 'expert analysis' destroying David White. Never mentioned, or was critical of any another player, a total hatchet job.
At the time, for some incredible reason, hill carried some weight with the media, and as such the media, as it was then, made David out to be the whipping boy - IMHO the lad never recovered.
I am not making excuses for him. I am just putting forward my opinion. He was the 2nd best player in THAT youth team without a doubt.
Who knows, David White & Paul Lake in tandem at the top level?
And, I still fcuking hate jimmy hill!
