Originally posted by MICHAEL_LA_VIOLA:
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Originally posted by Bracey:
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Originally posted by MICHAEL_LA_VIOLA:
Personally, I don't care about the number of foreigners. Teams should be free to assemble the best squad they can, regardless of the nationality of the players.
Of course you don't, you support Arsenal
Too right, and at the moment, English players simply aren't good enough. I saw England in the World Cup, and I'm bloody thankful we don't have many English players, they're all crap!
This was the line-up for the last England game:
Robinson, Neville, Terry, Ferdinand, Cole, Gerrard, Hargreaves, Lampard, Downing, Crouch, Defoe.
OK, Terry and Gerrard are world-class. Ferdinand, Hargreaves and Lampard would be useful. Cole, well he was ours. But aside from them (and the injured Rooney) I wouldn't want any of the others. That's seven English players I'd want at Arsenal. If we don't have them, then I'd rather us go for quality foreigners than substandard Englishmen. Crouch, Defoe, Downing? You're having a laugh.
Firstly, they're simply not that good. Secondly, they're massively overpriced. Crouch was £7m. Defoe was £7m + Zamora. Downing is being talked about as a £10m player. What a waste of money! We've just signed Tomas Rosicky for less than that, and he's a far better player than them.
We have Walcott, which is promising - but frankly I don't care whether he's English or Ethiopian, as long as he plays well.
