paultheeagle wrote:
English football should be played by English players....We will never do anything at International level because there are too many foreigners playing over here taking the place of a homegrown player....A few I can except, they can enhance the game.....But a whole team...no.
A number of smaller clubs survive because they scout talented young players and nurture them and develop their skills..They then sell them on to bigger richer clubs..The Premier League want to stop that, only paying a nominal capped amount for young talent...Small clubs invest a lot of money in their Academies and the Premier League, that generates millions, want those players on the cheap.
PTE
I thought there were rules for this made by dare I say it by FIFA as I remember reading sometime ago I must admit that teams as part of FIFA must have a certain number of players that come from their own country or was I dreaming. I like you think that at international level we are hopeless due to a lack of choice for our national teams.
I haven't been through the whole thread but are there any women making comments on this thread?
I follow Arsenal only because that's where I grew up but in a household where my two sisters both supported and still do no matter where they are in the world opposing teams one is Arsenal the other Tottenham. Growing up and sharing with these two a bedroom was a bit tense at times.
I don't watch it as much as I used to I got rather bored with it but I do follow other sports. Incidentally my husband dislikes sport.
Melsea
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