Below expectations

I came across a list of English footballers who fell below expectations according to the writer. It's an odd selection.
Dean Ashton, Seth Johnson, Michael Owen, Alan Shearer, Richard Wright, Kieron Dyer, Lee Sharpe, Matt Le Tissier, Stan Collymore, Robbie Fowler.

Odd because I don't recall too many people expecting a lot from Ashton, Johnson, Wright and Collymore.

Odd because Owen and Shearer played for England, played in the latter stages of World Cups and Euros. While Shearer might be disappointed he wasn't at a consistently top club, he did win a league title. Owen was at a top club and maybe he's disappointed to only win one league medal (in terms of barely qualifying for it) but he did get others and, of course, played for Real Madrid, Liverpool and ManU.

Dyer, Sharpe, Le Tissier and Fowler could certainly be included.

Although I say Owen and Shearer shouldn't be there, I would include Paul Gascoigne. You could say his England appearances were on a par with the former pair and Gazza's big money move to Italy was more successful than Owen's time in Spain.

But so much more was expected of Gazza and he fell that much shorter of what might have been.

A similar player was Micky Hazard. I have no idea why he didn't make it and including him would come as a surprise to some. But he was coveted by Osvaldo Ardiles as well as Glenn Hoddle, who is also on my list. Hoddle was quite successful but criminally under used by England.

How to make up ten? Nigel Martyn should have been installed as Keeper toward's the end of Seaman's time. I'm sure he'd have made the position his own.

There's no doubt Wayne Rooney is a candidate. He still has time but he should already have achieved more.

The last one? I'd have to say John Barnes; a constant disappointment in an England shirt especially when one remembers the response to his goal against Brazil.