Comments on: Quota idea looks doomed to failure

By: English players should get out more - Reuters Soccer Blog

English players should get out more - Reuters Soccer Blog — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:27:36 +0000

[…] has been a lot of talk lately about quotas but unless and until the Premier League has such a system in place isn’t it time for the […]

By: Footy Betting Blogger

Footy Betting Blogger — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:04:59 +0000

Also, maybe Arsenal supporters will disagree now, but I prefer to identify with a team featuring mainly English players (and even better mainly players who have come through the system and supported the club as kids). Take David Beckham for example - only ever wanted to play for Man Utd and thanks to working his conkers off - he did. Whether a quota system at top level would increase the standard of the England team is unknown, because it hasn’t been tried yet. But would fans identify with their players more and would there be less moaning from the stands about overpaid carlos’ kickaball’s not caring for the shirt - yes! And that’s surely a good thing.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:24:28 +0000

Just cant understand why all this has become an issue!!! Is is because England is almost failing to qualify for Euro? Anyway, Platini, Sepp et al are simply being hypocritic-trying to impose artificial rules to achieve…heaven knows. I will always agree with Proff Wenger when he says lowering the passmark from 50% to 40% does not make weak students better. It only makes them weaker. Wenger, Fergusson, Mourihno, Coppel will want to use the best available resources to get the best results. Just like anyone else.

By: London

London — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:17:24 +0000

Yeah, spot on, Footy BB. Liverpool have just signed two new teenagers, dani Pacheco from barcelona and Gerardo Bruna from argentina, via real madrid. Both of them are supposed to be the new Messi, which is a bit optimistic. Probably turn out to be two new Bruno Cheyrous (or perhaps the plural should be Brunos Cheyrou… (??)

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:49:05 +0000

Agree with Footy Betting Blogger on limiting foreign players in the Academies. May I also suggest FA “nationalise” U21 players from the clubs to form a 25-man squad to play as a team in the Premiership. Financials can be worked out between the FA and the contributing clubs. Once they breached 21 years old, they are returned. Helps to have them play together frequently.

By: Kev

Kev — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:32:39 +0000

That’s a good point, Bernie. Difficult to see how you’d get one without the other.

By: bernie

bernie — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:24:20 +0000

what about a quota on foreign managers as well

By: Leo

Leo — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:42:50 +0000

I agree with Footy Betting comment. FA should be make a quota for foreign player, since in Football Academy for junior team. The English young player need the experience, before they play as a Professional player. If they always have an opportunity to be starting line up in junior team, their ballskill will be grow up, so they could be competitive with foreign player. I’m sorry, I live in Asia, so I didn’t know how the weather in England. I have read, from Fabio Capello comment, that the weather in England always windblow everyday, so they only practice football with physical in big portion. As we know, in modern football need good physical and technique. Wihout it, they will be left behind from foreign player. The young player have to practice football with technique. If they have a good technique, I think they will be competitive with foreign player in Professional League, like Chamkpionship, Premiership, or may be in another league out of England. If it’s happened, I think the national team didn’t have a crisis like now. I hope, the English Football system will be changes, so they could be have the good team like 1996 team.

By: Mike Collett

Mike Collett — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:24:42 +0000

Very good point Mr Footy Betting Blogger …. I agree with you there. I cannot for the life of me understand why league clubs are bringing in 15,16 17 year old players or younger from all over Europe when there is a wealth of English talent in their local catchment areas. Of course you are going to get the odd genius coming through here and there, but I doubt if there is a MASSIVE gulf in quality between the players coming in and those living two miles down the road from Old Trafford, White Hart Lane or Vicarage Road for that matter. But it still comes back to the central point … no-one can legally enforce quotas or restrict workers (footballers) crossing borders and if they TRY to impose competition only quotas (max 4 foreigners in Prem Lge, 6 in League Cup, 5 in FA Cup….) they would be entering a legal minefield.

By: Footy Betting Blogger

Footy Betting Blogger — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:05:14 +0000

I disagree. The problem is not the number of foreign players in the Premiership, but the number of foreign players in the Championship and lower leagues AND the academies. Too many clubs are filling up their academy sides with players from outside England. This can be prevented and would not contravene EU regulations. The way that the clubs nick the likes of Fabregas, Pique, Rossi, Senderos and all the others that never make the grade is quite appalling really - sometimes bringing the whole family over lock stock and barrel, but mostly not. If academy places were reserved for English players only it would be a start.