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[Power n Glory]

I don't think Wenger has done much for English football, and honestly that's not his job, and nor should he care.

But I do understand, why Redknapp feels the way he feels, academies really shouldn't be littered with foreign players.

I really don’t think it makes that much of a difference. It’s a poor excuse. We were rubbish when there were hardly any foreign players in the league and academies so I don’t see how going back will move us forward. If Jack Wilshere, Ox, Theo and Gibbs can come through our system and hold down a first team spot at Arsenal when competition is rife, then it shows they’re picked on skill and merit instead of passports. Iron sharpens iron. Ashley Cole is one the best left backs in the world because of who he trained with week in week out. One of the best in the world….not just England.

Also, if quality English players actually existed, they’d find their way to the top regardless of who’s in the academies or first team. Every club is looking for the next young prospect on the cheap and you also have to question why none of the other leagues are looking to poach players from our league? Very harsh to say Wenger has done nothing for English football. Besides the players I’ve mentioned, the building of the Emirates and championing of youth development should be enough to inspire clubs to adopt our approach as a blueprint.

[I am invisible]

If you were running a top-level football club, then why wouldn't you want a team/squad made up of a majority of home-grown, local players? If the quality was there, then it would represent the easiest, cheapest way of putting a side together, with the best guarantee that your players will get on with each other/ will all be trained to play the same style of football / will be used to the particular challenges of your league / will have no problems getting used to the country, the culture and the weather / will be a massive PR win with the national media and press, etc. Plus, there'd be a never-ending conveyor-belt of talent, so you wouldn't just be looking at a one-off good side. There's almost nothing but upsides, and very few downsides, so the fact that clubs aren't currently doing it should tell you that there's a problem there (i.e. the quality simply isn't good enough at this point). IMO, the FA need top trust the clubs' judgment on this - they're the best QA they're ever going to have when it comes to home-grown player development, and when the quality starts to improve, then the numbers will naturally start going up by themselves, without the need for any interference...

[Power n Glory]

Barca!

Yep, I agree.

[LDG]

"Outrageous" as Wishere's comments are, at least it's sparked some debate about the state of the national team.

The country at grass roots level is so far behind our European counterparts it's untrue, and until someone within the stuffy arrogant walls at the FA addresses that, we will forever be a team that plays 80's football.

The press, and the FA still believe we are in the top tier of World football. Until that arrogance is done away with, we'll never move on.

Wenger et al have bought technique and quality to the very elite, but that doesn't do anything for young coaches sending 8 year olds out on a Saturday morning.

In short. Jack

[Nayan]

I suppose he has helped illustrate the FA's hypocrisy and stupidity.

First they blast clubs for not giving English talent a chance, then they spin around and try to recruit a kid who is clearly here for professional reasons and is in no sense English.
And they expect the english talent not to feel pissed off.

How do you then tell the ox, zaha or barkley to work hard and compete for a cap when they usher in januhatesjazz at the drop of a hat?

[Özim]

Why would we want to talk about the state of the English game? It's very boring plus it's got nothing to do with Arsenal.

Would rather talk about Ghelshire and his ridiculous antics tbh, what will he do next?

[Power n Glory]

I suppose he has helped illustrate the FA's hypocrisy and stupidity.

First they blast clubs for not giving English talent a chance, then they spin around and try to recruit a kid who is clearly here for professional reasons and is in no sense English.
And they expect the english talent not to feel pissed off.

How do you then tell the ox, zaha or barkley to work hard and compete for a cap when they usher in januhatesjazz at the drop of a hat?

If Ox, Zaha and whoever else aren’t better players than Januzaj and can’t get in the team then it’s too bad. There is a reason why Almunia and Arteta haven’t been drafted into the England set up. Even if they wanted to and were eligible, they’re not good enough to get into the team. Like every other player, you have to work hard to get into the team and it’s not as if Januzaj has been fast tracked. He’d still have to perform and earn a cap. He still has to choose who he wants to play for and considering the controversy caused by the suggestion, I wouldn’t be surprised if he chose to play for Belgium.

[Penguin]

Who cares if the England team is shit. This isn't club football, it's international football. It's a tournament made for the best players of each nation to compete against each other. Signing foreigners wont improve England at all, it will just mask over how average we are.

Taking advantage of the naturalisation rules just seems pathetic to me. I don't care if other countries do it. If we want to improve do it at the grass roots.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...ppears-2369722

Video in the link.

Jack.

Magnet to news.

[Munchies]