Matt Le Tissier Throws A DIG At Glenn Hoddle For NOT Picking Him After England B Hat-Trick

It was a hiding to nothing....THE LAST ENGLAND B TEAM BEAT RUSSIA 4-1 IN '98...ENGLAND'S last B international was a 4-1 win over Russia played in front of 5,105 fans at Loftus Road and was notable for manager Glenn Hoddle apparently learning nothing from it.

ENGLAND'S last B international was a 4-1 win over Russia played in front of 5,105 fans at Loftus Road and was notable for manager Glenn Hoddle apparently learning nothing from it. He turned it into a final trial for players hoping to make his France 98 squad, but striker Chris Sutton refused to play saying he "didn't do rehearsals".

Matthew Le Tissier did play, scored three times, hit the woodwork twice and set up the other goal, but was not selected for the tournament anyway.

Le Tissier, at the time England's most naturally-gifted player after Paul Gascoigne and without his addiction to alcohol went out and scored a hat-trick against Russia, hit the woodwork twice and created the fourth goal for Les Ferdinand in a 4-1 win at QPR's Loftus Road.

Hoddle's response was to leave both Gascoigne and the Saints legend out of his squad, though Darren Anderton did struggle off his sick-bed briefly to play in that game against Russia and be named in the 23 for France '98.

No wonder Chris Sutton had refused to play in the B internationals, saying he would be on "a hiding to nothing".
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