Bothroyd played for England. A certain A Ramsey turned out OK. Ledley, Chopra, Koumas, McCormack, Johnson, Loovens, Reid, etc. The issue is that our squad was built with loads of stalwarts like Gunnar, Whitts, Ralls, Morrison etc who were top players at this level so they stayed and we never replaced them. Now we are left with the dregs though and our recruitment and coaching has been utterly abysmal.