What happened to your Lee Grant? I had virtually forgotten about him until he turned up for you against us. When he first started out I think he was an England Under 21 international and set for big things in the game. Part of the problem as well it seems to me is today's keepers are so...
The gokeeping position is where it really stands out. Hart has no real competition. Just 4 Premiership sides had an English keeper as first choice last season (Fulham only later on) and two of them (Fulham and Norwich) we're relegated. Sure he was at fault for Ronaldinho's free kick in 2002, but...
Also, as I said on the match thread, you get hardly any English or other British players playing for top Continental sides. Yes, there's the odd one like Bale, but a good number - Hoddle, Waddle, Lineker, Platt,etc, used to. Losing Walcott was a bitter blow, but I agree, there are some good, but...