duncanmckenzieismagic Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Maybe its because of my forces background but Im an avid England fan and I just dont get the apathy towards the National side Lowensda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Maybe its because of my forces background but Im an avid England fan and I just dont get the apathy towards the National side I just dont relate to national teams, but then again Im not really patriotic, just not something I feel or understand if Im honest. It amazes me that people go to fight for their country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Labu Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Any relevant issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC11 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Na, I don't agree with the majority on English youth. I used the German league as an example as they are going to dominate the international scene for a long time. Their league is 80% German players with a massive pool to choose from. That's a good start if you're looking to improve the national team. The English game is full of foreigners including the lower leagues. It's a shambles. If the foreign players are so much better then we need to look why? And that's coaching at grass roots level. Let's get the foreign coaches in to teach our youth if they're that much better. Improve football pitches around the country. I'm sure nobody would be saying this if it was their lad who was in the youth team and a foreigner came in and eventually your lad was released. It needs changing. It won't be long until most teams have only 1 English player in their starting eleven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Na, I don't agree with the majority on English youth. I used the German league as an example as they are going to dominate the international scene for a long time. Their league is 80% German players with a massive pool to choose from. That's a good start if you're looking to improve the national team. The English game is full of foreigners including the lower leagues. It's a shambles. If the foreign players are so much better then we need to look why? And that's coaching at grass roots level. Let's get the foreign coaches in to teach our youth if they're that much better. Improve football pitches around the country. I'm sure nobody would be saying this if it was their lad who was in the youth team and a foreigner came in and eventually your lad was released. It needs changing. It won't be long until most teams have only 1 English player in their starting eleven. I think it also has to do with the Premier league wanting the foreign players. The german league doesn't. They have plenty of them, but they're not glory hunting seeking them out. Look at Bayern Munich, they don't buy "World cup star" or "Next biggest thing" every year, they buy the best GERMAN each year. Bought Gotze instead of going for Bale or someone. That's their mindset, that's how the DFB have made it over there. Plus most of those teams are owned by GERMANS. Not so in the prem, it's all Sheiks, Russians, and Americans. They would never allow that in Germany. Their biggest team Bayern is owned by a German, same with Borussia. Shalke owned by the club members, Bayer Leverkusen owned by German company, Wolfsburg owned by Volkswagon german company. Premer league big teams man city owned by foreigners, chelsea foreigners, liverpool foreigners, man united foreigners, Arsenal foreigners. Fix those big issues and I think you'll see a lot more Brits. Just don't be surprised if the league isn't good anymore. Bailey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post duncanmckenzieismagic Posted July 23, 2014 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Na, I don't agree with the majority on English youth. I used the German league as an example as they are going to dominate the international scene for a long time. Their league is 80% German players with a massive pool to choose from. That's a good start if you're looking to improve the national team. The English game is full of foreigners including the lower leagues. It's a shambles. If the foreign players are so much better then we need to look why? And that's coaching at grass roots level. Let's get the foreign coaches in to teach our youth if they're that much better. Improve football pitches around the country. I'm sure nobody would be saying this if it was their lad who was in the youth team and a foreigner came in and eventually your lad was released. It needs changing. It won't be long until most teams have only 1 English player in their starting eleven. That is all very noble , however as far as Im concerned if we can bring in a foreign player and it improves our team then Im all for it If this lad was English we would probably have to add a couple of million onto the asking price Sibdane, Matt, Bailey and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blueboy122 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 That is all very noble , however as far as Im concerned if we can bring in a foreign player and it improves our team then Im all for it If this lad was English we would probably have to add a couple of million onto the asking price That's what he's saying though because the English lads are in such short supply there is a premium on them. His posts is stating how we can get our own lads through in abundance like in Germany rather than having to pay premiums for very average players just because they hold a British passport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 That is all very noble , however as far as Im concerned if we can bring in a foreign player and it improves our team then Im all for it If this lad was English we would probably have to add a couple of million onto the asking price And then a few quid onto our tickets, pies, shirts (not with current deal), programmes, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilweevil666 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 It must be strange for our American members to see us like this. They have immense national pride, and it's commendable. For me the national team is just a bit of fun every couple of summers in between the real football. I'm more attached to Everton as my Dad is, and his Dad, and his. Where England seems more like a down south kind of thing to me. On this kid, fingers crossed he's more Stones than Vellios. Just want to point out that I'm American and not like this at all. I'm not a very patriotic person and could not care less about the national team. I was more excited to see lukaku score against the US than I would have been for the US to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinn31 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Just want to point out that I'm American and not like this at all. I'm not a very patriotic person and could not care less about the national team. I was more excited to see lukaku score against the US than I would have been for the US to win. :Red card: Sibdane and Toffee_in_LA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Hope this kid does well. We all like a kid to turn into a goodun. In terms of the foreign influx ruining our national team and home grown talent. That's bullshit for me. On a par with the lazy man who argues 'the foreigners take our jobs'...but then turns down jobs because he 'is above that'. Anyway, just bare with me, the reason I think it's bull is that the foreign influx only really got into full swing from the mid to late 90's (was this due to a change in squad quota rules or something?). Before then, as a national team, we were still pretty crap. In fact, when it comes to football, we live to much by the mantra of 'we found this game, we must be the best'. We did nothing to progress our game for donkeys years. In the late 90's, it was the french model we needed to copy. Then it was the Spanish model. Now it is the German model? It doesn't matter which model we copy, we are still English. And that's the problem. It's a cultural thing. We just don't get the game. Well that's one of the problems for youth....then you have funding cuts, less pitches, increase costs for parents, dropping numbers, less teams, crap facilities, less coaches, too much red tape..... Bailey and StevO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC11 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Hope this kid does well. We all like a kid to turn into a goodun. In terms of the foreign influx ruining our national team and home grown talent. That's bullshit for me. On a par with the lazy man who argues 'the foreigners take our jobs'...but then turns down jobs because he 'is above that'. Anyway, just bare with me, the reason I think it's bull is that the foreign influx only really got into full swing from the mid to late 90's (was this due to a change in squad quota rules or something?). Before then, as a national team, we were still pretty crap. In fact, when it comes to football, we live to much by the mantra of 'we found this game, we must be the best'. We did nothing to progress our game for donkeys years. In the late 90's, it was the french model we needed to copy. Then it was the Spanish model. Now it is the German model? It doesn't matter which model we copy, we are still English. And that's the problem. It's a cultural thing. We just don't get the game. Well that's one of the problems for youth....then you have funding cuts, less pitches, increase costs for parents, dropping numbers, less teams, crap facilities, less coaches, too much red tape..... Bollocks, best tournaments were Italia 90 and Euro 96. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Bollocks, best tournaments were Italia 90 and Euro 96. What's bollocks? And what's your point about 90 and 96? Edited July 23, 2014 by Newty82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC11 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 You say we were "pretty crap" before the mid nineties. Our best tournaments of late (both semi finals) were in the front part of the nineties. We agree the foreign influx started to elevate in the mid 90s since then it's pretty much gone down hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 You say we were "pretty crap" before the mid nineties. Our best tournaments of late (both semi finals) were in the front part of the nineties. We agree the foreign influx started to elevate in the mid 90s since then it's pretty much gone down hill. Right. So 90 and 96 prove that we weren't pretty crap before Johnny foreigner arrived? Tell me what happened at USA 94? Your kind of missing my point a little. Or maybe I should have said 'history shows that before the foreign influx we were neither better nor worse off than we are now'. Your talking about 'of late', I'm talking about 'full stop'. We've just never been that good. Actually in 96 we had our lowest ever FIFA ranking (27th). In 2012 we had our highest ever(3rd). That's deliberately not a very good argument from me, because neither is 90 and 96. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC11 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 94 we had a turnip in charge. Pretty much like now. If you genuinely believe foreign players have had no impact on the National team I can't help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 But, anyway, let's not hijack another thread with another Newty vs Cotto Bitch fest. Not because I like you or agree with you (bit harsh that I know) or anything, but because it probably ruins the thread/forum for other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) 94 we had a turnip in charge. Pretty much like now. If you genuinely believe foreign players have had no impact on the National team I can't help you.I don't think they've had no impact, I just don't think they are the cause of the problem. Mahooosive difference (read what I said about culture and kids football). But as above, leave it at that. Coooooooooome on Henen (whoever you are!) Edited July 23, 2014 by Newty82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 66 was a fluke. Every year since has been the norm. Foreign players or not, we just haven't been good enough. This lad will win the World Cup with Belgium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 66 was no fluke some great players in that team who would walk into today's England team. Thats not really true Patto. Would love it to be true but todays football is so much more physically demanding than it was back in 1966. There were some great players in 66 tho, for their time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) 66 was no fluke some great players in that team who would walk into today's England team. point 1. If it wasnt a fluke, what happened in 70? The team was similar and supposedly stronger than the 66 team. Normal service was resumed, and has been the same since, and before. point 2. yes they may walk into todays team, but thats not saying much. Would they walk into Germanys team this year? Or Spains for the last six years? Or France in the 90s? I doubt that they would. So in my opinion, 66 was a complete one off, a team of good players, on home soil, with momentum, and a bit of luck. Edited July 25, 2014 by StevO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 point 1. If it wasnt a fluke, what happened in 70? The team was similar and supposedly stronger than the 66 team. Normal service was resumed, and has been the same since, and before. Gordon Banks got food poisoning pre the quarter final; if he'd have been in goal no way would we have chucked away a two goal lead v West Germany. Not saying we'd have beaten Brazil in the final; but we may well have got to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Exactly, Brazil would have then beaten us, same old not winning anything. If any other nation had only won one tournament out of about 100 they wouldn't be considered anything special. England are just rubbish, always will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Can this discussion get back on track please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Can this discussion get back on track please? Tbf, this is another one that's gone deathly quiet after it looked like it was done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Tbf, this is another one that's gone deathly quiet after it looked like it was done. Doesn't mean we talk about '66 :shaking fist: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Labu Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Im not sure this is topic for David Henen or argument non related issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 I was only trying to wind the old fellas up while we wait for some news. Sorry J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 I was only trying to wind the old fellas up while we wait for some news. Sorry J It's ok man, let you off, definitely not after your job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 It's ok man, let you off, definitely not after your job Being stuck up your own arse wouldn't be enjoyable like . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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