| this season....... 10:14 - Jul 21 with 1005 views | sully49 |
As we get ever closer to the start of the season, I am wondering, has our football got better with the influx of "foreign" footballers over the years?
We never used to dive at the drop of a hat, and you could make a hard but fair tackle. Keeper weren't a protected species and treated like a dying breed.
What will happen, or not, to the kids in our academy?  |  |
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| this season....... on 20:13 - Jul 21 with 822 views | Oldjack |
What will happen, or not, to the kids in our academy
The English got the same problem ,that's the reason they'll never win the world cup again |  |
| Prosser the Tosser dwells on Phil's bum hole like a rusty old hemorrhoid ,fact
You Greedy Bastards Get Out Of OUR Club!
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| this season....... on 20:18 - Jul 21 with 801 views | Drizzle |
More soothsaying by mastic mog this time next week |  | | |
| this season....... on 20:36 - Jul 21 with 749 views | UltraAmericanJack |
I say this technically being a "foreigner" myself, but I think there are a few contributing factors with this...and it's not fully the foreign contingency. We're in the top flight now, and that in and of itself tends to treat players like a protected species as you say, as well as the officials giving out yellows and reds for every minor tackle and foul as if the players were leg breaking thugs. Granted, a larger foreign base tends to bring with it different cultural norms that might be more acceptable in those cultures (ie. diving), but I think it really has more to do with worldwide exposure of the top flight, the TV cameras, etc.
On another note, I'd like to see us bringing through youth more often or at least going after British based talent, than seeking what usually tend to be foreign mercenaries who don't get the culture of football in the UK as well. Hence why we only have a few foreign players like Rangel who have been with us for more than 1 or 2 seasons. |  | | |
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