[Football] Chelsea Fans

Brighton Lines said:

Liverpool had more in their team than Barcelona- and more in their squad.

Ajax are apparently the bastion of home grown players- yet they have no more than Liverpool in their squad.

Tottenham Hotspur have more English players in their squad than Barcelona have Spanish.

So what do we conclude ? It's an international game these days.

This week:

Liverpool used 5 English players on Tuesday

Tottenham Hotspur used 3 (Kane injured)

Following European football as I do, I'd say Real Madrid are pretty much the best for home grown players with about half the squad being Spanish.

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fosters headband said:

I conclude as squads go Spurs and Liverpool had a good smattering of English players but the post was about the four English teams, are Chelsea and Arsenal stats to follow?
How things have changed since Celtic became the first British side to win the top club trophy, all their players were born within a 30 mile radius of the club ground. So my conclusion are, that if you have enough money in football these days you can buy any success at club level

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Brighton Lines said:

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Has that not always been the case ?

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fosters headband said:

In my opinion no it really has become an issue since foreign money came into our game
If you look at the four squads who have made the final only one is owned by English owners and they have the most English players I believe in their squad. All these clubs have foreign managers and the only thing remains truly English is where the grounds are and the majority of fans. You look at the prem league and the clubs with English owners and managers struggle to compete

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Brighton Lines said:

There was a period in the mid late noughties where English teams began to appear en bloc in later tournament stages and European finals. I remember reading some thinly veiled whimpers in Zurich that didn't seem to be present when Italy and Spain had their periods of dominance and not during the Spanish surge since.

I sensed back in 2004 that a period of rise for English teams was on the way. It became true in part. I think we may be seeing a period now that will match the late 70s/early 80s. Yes, It's down to resources, but UEFA knows all about resources. Expect wailing and gnashing of teeth if it comes to pass.

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Brighton Lines said:

There was a period in the mid late noughties where English teams began to appear en bloc in later tournament stages and European finals. I remember reading some thinly veiled whimpers in Zurich that didn't seem to be present when Italy and Spain had their periods of dominance and not during the Spanish surge since.

I sensed back in 2004 that a period of rise for English teams was on the way. It became true in part. I think we may be seeing a period now that will match the late 70s/early 80s. Yes, It's down to resources, but UEFA knows all about resources. Expect wailing and gnashing of teeth if it comes to pass.

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Simster said:

Which Arab state was Jack Walker from then?

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fosters headband said:

Are you seriously comparing his investment to his club to win the league almost 25 years ago with an almost total British squad, to the multi national teams who have players earning more than Jack Walker probably ever invested in his club I would go as far to guess Jack Walker would have been hard pressed to match Tony Blooms investment in Brighton. Mr Walker passed away with a reported personal fortune of £600 million. A long way from being able to match the likes of Chelsea and Man City owners investment of today

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Postman Pat said:

Platini was always bleating on about the issue of Premier League teams (and money) being bad for the game in Europe and looking for ways to try to limit the 'doping' of English clubs to stop them dominating in Europe.

As he is now out of the picture, and the likes of Qatar money propping up PSG, I guess they need to find a different approach.

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Simster said:

I won't argue with that, that's just relativity. I was responding to your quote:

"So my conclusion are, that if you have enough money in football these days you can buy any success at club level"

When someone asked you if that had always been the case, you said it had only become a problem "since foreign money came into our game".

But that isn't true - Jack Walker was able to buy success for Blackburn long before then. Sure, it didn't take as much money back then but that's not what you were saying.

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