I don't buy you get to play more than a few games for Costa Rica unless you can play.
Carlton Palmer played 18 times for England and he was utterly dreadful.
Some players get picked inexpicably.
Yeah but he was considered fairly solid if not great by his clubs and he was in an England team that was pretty bad under Taylor and that was not Taylor's fault.
On paper Cunnigham should be good. However if he has trouble with the language, set up, where he lives, etc, he may just not be settling in. This too will wreck his confidence. Ian Rush and Jimmy Greaves hated living in Italy, (the fools), this did not make them bad footballers.
Sorry and also would our ex-Belgium player get in to todays's Belgium team? Would he f*ck. Don't mean he's not a great player for us.