Gordon is a bad egg. Palmer is probably a bad egg. Dunk could prove to be the Terry Butcher figure perhaps, a bulldog hewn of pure English oak. Even if he doesn’t play.
Terry Butcher’s most memorable moment in the 1990 World Cup was when he was not playing, against Cameroon. He urged on the players that were playing to advance, in Churchillian style. That’s what it’s all about.