Are the FA really so stupid as to think that increasing the homegrown player quota will win England

[Ashberto]

a World Cup? Well, obviously they are, but how can they ignore the fact that English players clearly have inferior technique overall, and that back when there were no furriners playing here, England were so **** that they didn't even qualify for tournaments. TWELVE pigdogs in a squard of 25? It's ridicules.

Presumably the media will do the sensible thing and shoot down this nonsense before it is introduced. They will, won't they?

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

[Luis Anaconda]

no way they will agree to it - FA can do sweet, well, FA

[PSRB]

before all these darn furriners arrived

That being said, a GB team might have won something

Just watching Italy vs England was a proper demonstration of how far behind our players are technically!

[Lar d'Arse]

run by the FA?

Although I do take your point that the clubs will never agree.

[Luis Anaconda]

of course they are technically beholden to the country's FA but are not linked as they previously were. Just a body with in - like the Football League was (and still is)

[Ashberto]

not to mention the TV companies who have paid an awful lot of money for the product, but is there a quote from the PL as an organisation on this?

[Mo Britain less Europe]

TNS and Distillery.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

However, following a Premier League meeting at which Dyke was challenged by one club, understood to be Southampton, over whether he felt he could force through the changes without their consent, it has emerged a majority of clubs are unlikely to back the plan.

“When Greg was asked a direct question by a club yesterday, whether this could be imposed on them if they didn’t want to do it, he was quite clear they couldn’t. We’ll enter the consultation phase as we do on all these things. We will consult and get back to it in due course.”

[Snin]

countries gone to the dogs :-)

[gco40203]

the whole thing is ridiculous. In the late 70s/early 80s when liverpool dominated Div 1 and Europe, the England team even tried playing with 7 or 8 liverpool players and achieved nothing. The international team requires top class players and if they are not good enough to be in their club starting XI then they are certainly not going to be good enough for international level. Artificially inflating number of english players in the squad will achieve nothing.

AW rightly points out that the quality of our young players (ie under 21s) is not good enough so then force fitting these players into the first team isn't going to change anything. Lets get the grass roots right first and then when the quality youngsters come through they will get their chance.

Even at arsenal with a supposedly great youth set up how many English players have come through the system to first team in last 15 years ? Hardly any but then the days when players like David Hillier or Stephen Morrow were good enough for arsenal first team are long gone.

[Snin]

[Lar d'Arse]

I must keep up.

[Luis Anaconda]

to vote in the Christmas/No Christmas ballot.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

What they could perhaps do is put a named squad system in place similar to UEFA do with Champions League teams.

The whole thing however will be shot down (correctly) by clubs.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Ashberto]

[Dr Headgear - Wannabe viking]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/26/premier-leag ue-richard-scudamore-sky-deal (http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/26/premier-league-richard-scudamore-sky-deal)

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Quote:



Last season English players accounted for 32% of playing time in the Premier League, compared with almost 70% 20 years ago. This trend cannot continue.





Didn't help them get to USA 94 though did it, but the 32% managed to get to Brazil :rubchin:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/1151 0603/England-need-major-reforms-to-win-the-World-Cup-The-ful l-letter-sent-by-five-former-national-managers.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/11510603/England-need-major-reforms-to-win-the-World-Cup-The-full-letter-sent-by-five-former-national-managers.html)

[Lar d'Arse]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

51 on Haddington Road always ticked the box for me.

[Lar d'Arse]

more because I live near the Dart, but Ryans of Beggars Bush was more regular for me. Just down the road from the 51. Mostly because an old school mate is one of the Ryans.

[PSRB]

[Ashberto]

as when he goes to watch The Arsenal? Or do the old 7am beers in the airport tip the scales?

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

It kind of made the game make more sense.

The football (International) was mainly midweek school nights so did not lend itself to excess. It was also **** so was kind of a chore.

The Arsenal day trip, or even overnight trip, is a special occasion. The camaraderie, the debate and of course the 7am pints in Dublin Airport followed by 1-2 bottles of Stella on the train from Stansted.