Foreign invasion... not enough English players... oh hang on..

LeaburnForEngland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24471034

"Last weekend, 178 of the 330 players who featured were English, with Charlton Athletic using 11 English players"

Sparrows Lane Lion

So the point they make is we have plenty of English players to choose from...except they are rubbish English players.

LeaburnForEngland

Haha yes agreed... but it's interesting to see how some Championship clubs (both of ours in fact) are playing so many (rubbish) English players.

Friend Or Defoe

Players in our second division should be no where near the national side.

Bubble

Wiggins isnt English for starters

Bubble

Neither's Church for that matter

ForeverAddickted

Bubble said:

Wiggins isnt English for starters

But Wiggins and Church were both born in England

Hampshire_Addick

ForeverAddickted said:

Bubble said:

Wiggins isnt English for starters

But Wiggins and Church were both born in England

it said we used 11 english players, not started with 11 english players. out of the 14 that played, 11 were english, 2 welsh and one from Zimbabwe.

ForeverAddickted

Ahhhh yes

JiMMy 85

Friend Or Defoe said:

Players in our second division should be no where near the national side.

Imagine if foreign players were banned a couple of years ago, and only English players could play in England - would the Premier League be largely made up of the players currently in Div 1? Would they be better players?

ISawLeaburnScore

And what do us Millwall and Barnsley have in common for our combined 31 English players used last weekend...?

We're all near the bloody bottom!

Friend Or Defoe

JiMMy 85 said:

Friend Or Defoe said:

Players in our second division should be no where near the national side.

Imagine if foreign players were banned a couple of years ago, and only English players could play in England - would the Premier League be largely made up of the players currently in Div 1? Would they be better players?

Strange question. I think a lot of premier league youth players would be getting games ahead of most of the championship, who knows or cares?

North Lower Neil

Friend Or Defoe said:

JiMMy 85 said:

Friend Or Defoe said:

Players in our second division should be no where near the national side.

Imagine if foreign players were banned a couple of years ago, and only English players could play in England - would the Premier League be largely made up of the players currently in Div 1? Would they be better players?

Strange question. I think a lot of premier league youth players would be getting games ahead of most of the championship, who knows or cares?

I thought it was an interesting question personally. I think at the top level foreigners can help English players, but it forces others down to a lower standard of football.

Leuth

Hampshire_Addick said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Bubble said:

Wiggins isnt English for starters

But Wiggins and Church were both born in England

it said we used 11 english players, not started with 11 english players. out of the 14 that played, 11 were english, 2 welsh and one from Zimbabwe.

Given Wiggins' & Church's birthplace, and the fact Pritch has lived here for more than 5 years and never been capped, you could say we fielded 14 Englishmen

We need fewer Englishmen and more Bretons, mind you