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GTB · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:39 pm Post subject: Foreign legion in football

Do we have too many foreigners in our National game of football? It's maybe good for club football by picking the best players in the world to play for a domestic side but it is having a knock on effect to our national side. Arsenal regulary plays with no English players on the field and Chelsea come a very close second.

ecc's · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject:

should bring back 3 foreigners rule without a doubt. i think it's ruined the english game as 70% of the overseas players are very substandard.

GTB · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:38 pm Post subject:

Very substandard is certainly correct! If a player is from Brazil everybody thinks they are getting the next Pele or something. Look at the rubbish we have had in this country over the years from over sea's players; Massimo Taibi (Man Utd - Goalkeeper), Frank Leobauf (Chelsea - Defender), Juan Veron (Man Utd and Chelsea - Midfielder), Tomass Brolin (Leeds - Forward).......

Anybody got some more players to add to this list?? :lol:

What about the best over sea players? Eric Cantona and Gianfranco Zola have got to be my top two.

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2899 Status:

Once chealsea put out a team and not one player was english :shock:
Going back into football history there is more intreat in the money now rather than the game..
Most of those who played in 1966 still had a day job.

ecc's · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject:

cantona was bargain of the century,

villa bought a player a few years ago called bosco ballaban, he cost 7mill, played half a dozen games in three years, and he got transfered on a free