posted Nov 14, 2007

The only difference is that the other big leagues in the world have home-grown players and nationals as the hearts and engines of all their teams while teams that match that criteria in England can only be found in the clubs starting from the 5th place in the English Championship down to the last team playing in any league format.

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posted Nov 14, 2007

That is Ferguson's personal opinion which did not represent the real fact. If you want to be good, you need competition. Competition from talented and good players irrespective of where they come from.If your players can not compete favourably with others from various countries in their respective local club, how can you have a National Team that can compete favourably in global competitions? English FA should go back to the drawing board and find a way of developing their local talents for the benefit of their National Team.

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posted Nov 14, 2007

I think its really sad that its looked on as discrimination. Complete rubbish that FIFA's plan is being called that by people in Europe. Most of you saying that its rubbish I bet also complain that the England team are awful. Foreign players are to blame. How many decent striekrs do we actually have? Rooney and Owen. Honestly, thats it. Crouch, Defoe etc are not international standard.

I'm fed up with watching teams full of foreigners play week in week out in the English league. Why not call the thing the EU league? The only thing English are half a dozen players and the grounds.

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posted Nov 14, 2007

coppel and liverpool legend gerrard are siding with sir alex
it could soon be arsenal v the rest

funny that as they have the least british players in a match day 16

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posted Nov 14, 2007

Can anyone here name an English player outside the premier league who is good enough for the england squad but is denied a place in a premiership team because of the foreigners?

Because there is one thing that will doubtless happen - the quality of football of the opposition that the Rooneys and Gerrards of this world will have to face will fall significantly - hence the quality of our national team will undoubtedly fall.

But at least it will keep Blatter and Ferguson happy, eh?

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posted Nov 14, 2007

I can name plenty who are good enough for the CL but are being kept out by overseas players in the top4 and are therefore not getting the chance to improve themselves ready for international football

SAF coppell Gerrard are right and anyone who thinks having more british players playing in the premiership and even better european club football will do anything other than improve these national teams is talking nonsense

if all you care about is your clubs fine so be it but come out and admit and dont talk nonsense about it

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posted Nov 19, 2007

ah, the voice of reason! I applaud you!

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posted Nov 29, 2007

omg he is such a hypocrite how many England players have man u brought up?
none he buys them from west ham they should introduce a hypocrite quoter he can only come up with 1 ridiculous comment a week that'll be nice

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posted Mar 9, 2008

The standard of football has improved enormously in the premier league, since the influx of oversea's talent. It is down to the individual clubs to discover and nurture talent, quick fixes are all well and good. But the national game suffers as a result. I am sorry but the current strongest england team, is good, how many of them would be in the first team at the top european clubs?
GK - of a toughie. D james
LB - A Cole - quality
RB - M Richards - learning, best header of a ball i have seen for a long time
CH - R Ferdinand - quality
CH - J Terry - solid quality
LM - J Cole - QUALITY
RM - Another toughie, SWP can't cross, we miss you Beck's but your time is up.
CM - S Gerrard - quality
CM - F Lampard - quality
CF - W Rooney - quality
CF - M Owen - quality
individual's are nice, playing as a team, will run you over.

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posted Jul 11, 2008

Yes, for once I agree with Sepp Blatter. It will strengthen the national teams because there will be more incentive to grow your own players.

Also it is only reasonable that an English team should have a majority of English players and a Spanish team a majority of Spanish players etc.

Finally it should make the playing ground more level, because the richest clubs cannot just buy all the best players anymore, but will have to grow some of their own players at their own academy.

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