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

LeaburnForEngland
LeaburnForEngland Posts: 2,292
in General Charlton
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"

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  • Sparrows Lane Lion
    Sparrows Lane Lion Posts: 2,797
    So the point they make is we have plenty of English players to choose from...except they are rubbish English players.
  • LeaburnForEngland
    LeaburnForEngland Posts: 2,292
    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
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,182
    Players in our second division should be no where near the national side.
  • Bubble
    Bubble Posts: 1,543
    Wiggins isnt English for starters
  • Bubble
    Bubble Posts: 1,543
    Neither's Church for that matter
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,054
    edited October 2013
    Bubble said:

    Wiggins isnt English for starters

    But Wiggins and Church were both born in England
  • Hampshire_Addick
    Hampshire_Addick Posts: 93
    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
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,054
    Ahhhh yes
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,219
    edited October 2013
    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
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
    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!

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  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,182
    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
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,118
    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
    Leuth Posts: 23,497
    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 :D

    We need fewer Englishmen and more Bretons, mind you

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