Didn't know where else to post this, but Lukaku's 50 goals in 100 games has brought renewed attention to Joe Royle's record of 50 goals in 88 games in 1969. I knew Joe was well rated but I didn't realize how highly rated he was (being a yank and relatively new Evertonian). Anyway, this prompted me to consider why Joe was never selected to the 1970 World Cup squad. You would have thought a player with a penchant for goals, not to mention a player who was part of a title winning team, would have been included. If you look at the forwards that were selected in 1970 (Hurst, Astle, Lee, Osgood, and Clarke), would you have picked Royle ahead of any of them?