Hello lads, just made a video on the Loftus-Cheek and the big club bias if you don't mind checking it out [Link]

At the peak of his powers I thought he would be a better choice than Smalling or Cahill, who mostly only looked good - Smalling especially - because they were playing behind teams that attacked well and whose forwards kept the pressure off their defence. Dann was at the centre of a machine that kept decent attacks out for whole games under constant pressure, until Chateau Pardew began to collapse.

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You've left out Puncheon whom many with the Palace tinted glasses thought was worthy of an England place

I don't have a recollection of me taking an alternative view of Puncheon on HOL but I have never believed he was worthy of a call-up.Perhaps I did mention my views on HOL !!!!!

So explain:
Lingard over Zaha?
Phil Jones over Dann?
Lingard over Townsend this time round?
Gomez over Lascelles?
How long it took Defoe to get a look in?
Jack Wilshere and Sturridge used to seemingly always getting in and amongst the squad.
How Drinkwater wasn't in the squad the season they won the league.

I think you are right, you'll always get a higher percentage of players from big clubs, but there is a clear bias.

Of the current selected squad:
6 (not including loans) come from outside the top 6. Half of them are 'keepers (Joe Hart, Butland and Pickford), baring in mind that no top 6 team has an English goalkeeper. The other three are Vardy, Maguire and Bertrand. Again, Vardy is an established forward and prolific last couple seasons and this, we have piss all left backs and Maguire.

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I'm a firm believer that there is a big club bias but think its likely driven by financial reasons. Marketing and sponsorship etc is far easier a sell when you have players from Man U etc as opposed to Palace, Burnley etc. What worries me more is Joe Hart constantly being picked when he's useless... except against us.