Go, team GB! Is reverse xenophobia to blame for likes of Villas-Boas and Suarez being preferred to Moyes and Lambert?
Matt Law argues people who perform well deserve to be given chances regardless of where they were born.
Aka the worst article of all time.
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We are all guilty of it. What's not to love about an exciting new foreign signing at the start of a Premier League season?
Michu was undoubtedly the overseas star of the first round of fixtures, helping Brian Laudrup get off to the perfect start as Swansea boss .
Spaniard Santi Cazorla was excellent for Arsenal , while Argentina midfielder Claudio Yacob looks like another great spot by West Brom .
But before we fall into the old trap of quickly falling into foreign love affairs, let's remember what we already have at home.
There is a reverse xenophobia within the Premier League, particularly regarding managers and strikers.
Tottenham preferred to offer Andre Villas-Boas a return to Premier League management, rather than try to appoint David Moyes.
Everton's victory over Manchester United only underlined just what a good manager Moyes is.
He's consistently performed for the past 10 years at Goodison Park and yet whenever a top job comes along he as written off as being too dour, not sexy enough and basically too British.
But there was nothing boring about the way his Everton team fought back against United last season or put Wayne Rooney and Co in their places on Monday night.
The way he juggles selling star players with bringing through youth and picking up bargains makes Moyes the perfect eventual successor to Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.
United too should look at Moyes when Sir Alex Ferguson calls it a day, but no doubt the likes of Mourinho, Guardiola and Klopp will be at the top of the hit lists.
It is a similar situation with strikers in the Premier League.
Tell a the supporter of a big club that they could do worse than get Grant Holt and they will turn their nose up. But tell a fan that Olivier Giroud might be on his way and they will be seriously excited - even if they only saw the Frenchman for five minutes at Euro 2012.
Holt would have scored the chance Giroud missed for Arsenal on Saturday, as would Southampton's Rickie Lambert - as he proved against Manchester City.
Luis Suarez did no better than Emile Heskey would have done when presented with chance after chance for Liverpool against West Brom and yet we are meant to believe the Uruguayan is world class.
Off course, Suarez is incredibly skilled and Giroud will most likely prove to be a very sound signing for Arsenal, as will Lukas Podolski. But let's not write off British players and managers simply for being British.
The argument 'they have never done it in the Champions League' is also flawed.
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Brian Laudrup. :haha:
Off course. :haha:
