Manchester Saddler wrote:SheffieldSaddler wrote:Manchester Saddler wrote:Interesting views from Sheff, there - and from the cave as usual. :wink:
The bigger picture is that the FA's grand plan has failed spectacularly; otherwise, surely we would have won something by now. The players we have are simply not good enough because we are not investing in youth. All of the top teams are full of foreign players with little or no investment in English players - instead we have the likes of Chelsea et al investing in foreign youth players.
It's a sham - and a shame.
Are you therefore going to get the Government to withdraw from the EU then Manchester? i.e perhaps you may consider voting UKIP afterall?
I am not sure what you define as a foreign player for starters?
Under current law anyone can come to England as long as we are part of the EU. Therefore, how will the FA stop this happening?
The only way you can restrict is from non EU countries.
So what would you like to see Manchester in that respect?
Glad you mention Chelsea
They have 2 players in under 17 squad, 3 in under 19 and 2 in under 21.
Thats 7 players
Name me a Premiership team that has more.......
Now you're just being silly. If we want a successful England team then the Premiership clubs should ALL adjust their focus to nurture more English talent at the expense of foreign players, whether they be Dutch, German or Argentinian. The Premier League is not governed by UEFA; it is governed by the English FA, an organisation that is supposed to be focusing on English talent.
The initial promise of the Premiership was that it would improve the England squad and the England setup.
But what do we have? We have a bunch of clubs driven by money. The original concept of England winning trophies has all but disappeared.
Everybody foresaw it, and the clubs denied it. But just look at the statistics.
Last year, the BBC published the figures:
English footballers account for less than a third of all the minutes played in the Premier League, a State of the Game study for BBC Sport has found.
The figure for home country players - 32.26% - is down from 35.43% in 2007-08 and is significantly lower than all other major European leagues according to football statisticians Opta.
Compare that with Spain and Germany, both of whom are far more successful:
In La Liga, home of World Cup holders and European champions Spain, Spaniards account for 59% of all minutes played. In Germany's Bundesliga, Germans make up 50%.
The figures do not lie, Sheff.
The demise of English football is plain for all to see.
Can you deny the statistics?
You always seem keen to blame the manager but how can he pick a successful team from a bunch of players who, by own admission, are "not World Class"?
Or are you going to continue to labour a naive point?
We all know that you are a huge fan of the Premier League - but the reason that the Premier League is so successful is that the clubs splash out ridiculous sums of money on foreign players - at the expense of English players.
It is a fact so obvious that it could take you out for a beer and get you pissed.
You say you recognise FACTS. In this case you don't. The FACTS are there for all to see,
You put 2 and 2 together and make "CHELSEA ARE GREAT!" whereas the rest of us make 4.
:D :wink:
Cant say we agree on a lot Manc, but this ^.