Richard M. Head wrote:
The equation is pretty easy when you think about it isn't it.
1) playing against and training with the world's best ought to help improve native players and hence the national team
2) for that to happen there have to be enough native players around to take advantage of it
3) also for that to happen, there have to be enough foreigners around to give the natives a pop at them
So there must be an optimum ratio of foreigners to natives that is good for our national team
but...
4) premiership managers don't care about all that; they just want the best players wherever they happen to come from
There are a lot of foreigners playing in this country who are hardly IF better than the indigenous (good word that) players. They are only percieved to be better because they have a funny name and come from a funny place.
As long as Jonski is no worse than Johnny you are making a "cool" fashion statement.
There are loads of clubs in the lower leagues who undoubtedly could get along fine without "outside" players, us included.
Don't get me wrong I am not Xenophobic or anything, they can all come and live here if they want to. Next door to me if they like, just don't let them all onto the bloody pitch, it's killing our international game.
I know, what about Porter and Antwi?
I love them dearly - but stand by what I've said.
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