by Owzat » Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:00 pm
For me the issue about English players is a waste of a debate. In an ideal world all the players would be local, if not then maybe all English, but this isn't an ideal world and to compete you need the best players and sadly the best players aren't necessarily English.
We've given English a bash, I'd love to have an XI something like :
GK Carson
RB Darby
LB Warnock
CB Carragher
CB Hobbs
RM Pennant
LM Murphy
CM Gerrard
CM Spearing
CF Owen
CF Fowler
But is that better than our current XI and surely football is a business based on results and employing the best employees to make the business a success? It's not as if we haven't tried English, all those players have had chances in the first team since 2000 I believe I'm correct in saying. My problem is with the way any old players are allowed in and the quality isn't an issue. The very best fair enough, but Diao, Lucas, and other players have been given work permits and maybe the FA needs to revise its policy.
EU is maybe a loophole needs tightening, I'd say the government could do with slowing down the flood of EU workers in here with no more special skills to offer than some of our own lazy benefit fraudsters. If they're talented enough to justify playing in England ahead of English/UK players then they should have 20 International caps to their name or more, regardless of age. If not then should the judgement of whether they are outstanding talents or however it is worded, get them a job as a footballer ahead of a local? Maybe the government should look to its own first, this is the UK GOVERNMENT not the EU government or the European government, so should look after its own first. Noone would expect you to give pocket money to someone else's kids, pay maintenance to someone else's wife and kids, let alone pay it to someone in a different country. You look after your own first, about time one of the political parties got us out of the EU. Enough of our money is taken away by foreign owners, imported goods, businesses using cheap foreign manufacturing etc. Football's no better, maybe slightly different in the way it works.
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