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The Premier League Standings if Only Goals by English Players Counted

The Red Robin
The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
in Other Football and Sports
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/05/11/upshot/up-soccer-table.html?hpw&rref=sports&_r=0

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  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,989
    Look at Palace up in 6th, eurgh I feel sick. I pray that the real table never looks like that.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,503
    edited May 2014
    To be fair the English Only table looks a bit like a table of yesteryear, with Southampton 2nd, Arsenal in the middle and
    Newcastle, WBA and Man City all going down.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,866
    Makes me like everton and liverpool.

    Makes me think newcastle are pathetic.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,918
    Zzz see the scousers moaning about this today, presume Suarez the racist don't count
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,153
    As I have said before, Liverpool happen to have a number of decent English players at the moment, it's no grand patriotic gesture. Don't be fooled. Table does make for interesting debate though.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,851
    What about table if only goals conceded by English goal keepers?

    pointless table this.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    MrOneLung said:

    What about table if only goals conceded by English goal keepers?

    pointless table this.

    not really, the point is that it illustrates a lack of english players in the top teams. So quite clearly isn't pointless.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,446
    It's a bit misleading, because a team could have 5 quality defensive English players but then come last to a completely international team with one sub striker.

    It's not 'who has the most English players - the league table'.
  • Busterblitz
    Busterblitz Posts: 212
    Because we examine all other jobs too by seeing how effective you'd be if you only had talent from England and not from other countries. Even Wales, and they have 2 clubs in this!
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,153
    I think some are taking this all a bit seriously. It's just a bit of fun for starting (or carrying on) a debate. Then again it could be a continuation of the media's obsession with all things Liverpool...

    Nurse - is it time for my pills?
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  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Sorry...I'm running low on mine AA, but, yes, they do work. ;-)
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    Who tops the table if only goals scored by Uruguayans count ?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    Scousers in moaning shocker. Its their birth right to whinge.

    IMO, England wont produce a good national team until the balance of home nation players is readdressed to match up with spain, italy, germany and france. Also the kick n rush style of PL, although exciting, is again fairly useless when translated to int football. I think its because a lot of the challenges made in PL are straight reds in int football. If we as England want to be competitive again, we need to bin our obsession with a committed try hard who is technically shite.

    We would be quality at the ACN though as that football is even more rough-house than PL ;)

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