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English elite face Euro test 02:02am on 11 Dec 2008 Eat cheese and be marry, I actually put England, Italy and Spain in the same bag, with the only difference that Spain and Italy have not forgotten how to develop their own talent, and Spain actually provide some of the best players in the English League. Platini and Blatter has not forgotten them either. This why claiming that the English League is the strongest in Europe is highly cynical. Tell me who is English in the English League? Answer: the supporters. What about the rest then? Coaches: Not English - Players: Not English - Club Owners: Not English - Capitals: Not English.
You are not on top mate, you are being mounted by others and they take you for a poney ride. The day the regulation will prevent the big clubs from borrowing unlimited amounts of cash, some of the big ones like ManU will have to sell players to pay back the investors and the supporters will have to dig deep in their pocket to cover the balance. And they will reach bottom of the table. Does it do any good for football? I don't think so. The changes that Platini and Blatter wants to implement are only the start. For English football, it is a bad for a good, but until then there is no reason why smaller nations of football should pay the price of greedy clubs. Don't get me wrong though, I am not against clubs buying players, I am against clubs buying players with money they don't have. It makes football unaffordable for those who stick with the rules. If a Dutch player could earn the same amount of money in Netherlands than in England, maybe he would chose to stay or at leats he would return after a stint, and that would bring the "smaller" leagues to where they belong. Of course it would also bring back the "bigger" leagues to Earth. (or their high horse as you mentionned)
English elite face Euro test 01:06am on 11 Dec 2008 With all respect, I don't see much of an "English presence" Phil. Talking about a "continental presence" would be more adequate. In fact it is even worse than what it looks, take out all the foreign players from ManU, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool and you are left with one club of English players that would not even beat the likes of Cluj, Aab, Zenit, Bordeaux, Shakhtar, Sporting Lisbon, etc. English fans are always the first to claim the Champions Leagues belongs to the big nations, but the minnows have always proved they can compete if UEFA gives them a chance to grow without losing a massive amount of players that they have developed. Good on Platini for trying to bringing back sport's interest before finance. Those past 5 years the CL has been a financial battle during transfer periods more than a real battle on the pitch. Today, we have the proof that the minnows compete if the system is fair. Should Platini succeeds and I hope he will, we will at last see a real Sport Champion, not one that bought his way to the top. The English League would be nothing without their mercenaries.
Here is my ranking of European Nations should all the players return home:
1st- Spain
2nd- Italy
3nd- Germany
4th- France
5th- Netherlands
6th- Portugal
7th- Scotland
8th- Greece
9th- Russia
10th- Czech Rep
11th- Belgium
12th- Ukraine
13th- Switzerland
14th- Denmark
(...)
48th Vatican City
49th England!!
Yeah, it is that bad. (ask Steve McLaren)
English elite face Euro test 00:22am on 11 Dec 2008 With four clubs (more than most nations) and a talent for borrowing money they do not have (due to lack of restrictions) it is no wonder why English clubs are so "dominant" (at least quantity-wise since the quality in England is usually Spanish, French, Dutch, etc). If you add the fact that those four English clubs never meet at the pool stage and they rarely have a strong opposition (this year Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United drew the easiest pools like the years before...) it would be a serious blow not to see them among the last 16 every year. Still, the fact Arsenal, Chelsea and ManU achieved some pretty average results tells me that they would not even reach the last 16 should they end up in pools including the likes of Real, Bayern, Inter or Lyon. You make your own luck has never been so untrue in football nowadays. Cannot wait to see Platini reducing the big nations to 3 clubs. Then put a restriction on foreign players (England Eurosceptics can thank the European Union right now) and Liverpool will probably "walk alone" for a little while...

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