Should there be a limit to how many foreigners play in each team??

[the full harris]

i disagree with all of you. unlimited foreigners is best.

we would just have a weaker league without the foreign players.
I don't think our national team would be any better for it. The players who play for the national team are mostly first team regulars with their clubs.
If we had less foreigners, do you think we would have a different squad of players playing for England?
No, we wouldn't.
The England team is the best England have, they are those players who are good enough to play for their clubs despite the foreign players. They are pushed harder by the foreign players they are playing with and against on a weekly basis, so if anything the national team would be worse without as many foreign players.

and thankfully, on this one, i am gonna get my way.




EDIT I see that whilst I was writing that, fatbadger and uncle buck were talking sense, so obviously i disagree with MOST of you, not ALL. EDIT

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Reagrdless of whether they're playing or not, if they're being discriminated against because of their nationaility, it's illegal.

 

[Sonic The Hedgehog]

Liverpool had an entire team of non-English qualified players that won the double in 1986, so it's not a new concept.

Part of the problem is that because of our cost of living over here, it is much cheaper to buy foreign.

 

[Curious Orange]

I voted yes, but I think a compromise is the best way forward, and I think the lower leagues have already started to take this third way. Talented foreign players help to raise the standard of football being played in this country, however importing overseas players is going to be uneconomical in the long run, to counter this short-termism, clubs need to invest in their youth set-ups in order to bring through players that meet the standard set by the foreigners - Crewe have long been a good example of this, and the Albion are also heading down this route, started with Barry and Standing, and continuing with the three Adams, Jake Robinson, Dan Harding et al. I think it is encouraging that Chelsea have bought a lot of English talent, and that their new manager has stated that he wants to improve the youth set-up there. Perhaps this is the start of the Premier League clubs finally getting their act together.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

And why aren't there more top level English players playing in foreign teams? Hargreaves and Beckham and .. er ... that's it.

Surely the problem is the idiotic wage levels in English football? Sort that out and we'd have fewer foreign players wanting to come here and more English players wanting to play in top level football in other countries.

That would raise the standards of the national team and solve the problem far more effectively than any artificial quota system.

All it needs is for the FA to insist that the money that pours into English football from the TV deals is dispersed more equitably around the clubs. The top clubs would then have to cap wages to avoid going bust.

Breaking the Premiership cartel will be a tough challenge, though.

 

[the full harris]

i reckon fatbadger, uncle buck and myself have won this argument easily and you people who voted 'yes' look stoopid.

 

[Curious Orange]

All it needs is for the FA to insist that the money that pours into English football from the TV deals is dispersed more equitably around the clubs. The top clubs would then have to cap wages to avoid going bust.

Breaking the Premiership cartel will be a tough challenge, though.

And that is the trouble with your point Lord B, the FA set up and run the cartel, why would they want to upset the cash cow?

The Football League have really got their act together since the FA hijacked Division One, certainly they have been better at introducing fiscal responsibility in the game (probably 'cos of a sense of guilt over the ITV Digital fiasco) than the self-rightious platitudes from the FA.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

And that is the trouble with your point Lord B, the FA set up and run the cartel, why would they want to upset the cash cow?

Of course they won't do it voluntarily. But ...

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