Buy British- Still Important?

[ackie]

I posted 16 player squad that we would like to have and that results shows that we want only the best, be it britsh or others.
This should answer the questions to "SHOULD WE STILL BUY BRITISH"?
Looks like most of us would go cosmopolitan spurs.
At the end of the day, lets get players who we thinks is great and would be excellent requisition for our beloved team and see them perform and get some silverware and the craving 4th place. Whether they are British or not should not be matter!!!

 

[matt5768]

Surely the sensible thing to do from our point of view is to stick to this policy of buying british because if Mr Fifa Sepp Blatter gets his way every team needs a set number of home based players in their squad.

L'arse would of course be fudged unless they do something drastic.

Im sure that new rule comes into effect in the next couple of years??

Not a great idea having a load of foreigners purchased if the majority of the british lads go

 

[Rabbi_Krustofski]

I think it's about time we started promoting players from reserves more. O'Hara has been a success there's surely more.

 

[Michey]

I think it's about time we started promoting players from reserves more. O'Hara has been a success there's surely more.

Maybe it could happen once in three or four seasons....IF we at the same time has ambitions to win something.

 

[dj_stu]

we can get Xio for so much, Spurs in for Yski'

buy them now... they're awesome on champman

 

[tRiKS]

British players are overated and overpriced! They are not THAT good either!!
If we were THAT good, surely England would have won a major trophy, but not in Europe nor doing well in world cup and need an Italian manager for England job.
There are some excellent world class players but most are overated and overpriced.
London is the most cosmopolitan place in Europe, so what the heck, let Spurs become cosmopolitan and win some trophies.

this argument cracks me up. Greece... Denmark? I presume you don't really think those nations have or had better players?? there are only 5 opportunities for a nation to win a trophy every decade. Spain have won less then us but i presume you rate thier footballers and football?? International football is becoming increasingly tedious and i don't doubt that malaise impacts on the best players playing in the best leagues for the top teams. Apathy more so than ability is whats' preventing us winning stuff.

 

[tRiKS]

Well so far under JR we've bought an Englishman Scotsman Welshman and Brazilian - so that's a big thumbs up for Britain - and the one who's performed worst is the Brazilian and the two exceptional performers have been the English & Scottish players

Remember a lot of talk about the foreign players is absolute nonsense

One of the funniest recently is so many people on various sites have said let Berbs go and get in Villa - I've been saying it's all nonsense for at least a month now, ever since this particular piece of hilarity started popping up regularly on various boards

I don't even follow continental football - but even i know that not only is Villa too big a name for us at the mo - he's not even a Berbs type player - and so wouldn't even be a replacement and would still leave us needing another striker on top of him

Most of the time though I haven't a clue about the continental players but that lack of knowlege is far less dangerous (to rephrase Alexander Pope) than those of a little knowledge, both media and fans alike who come out with ' we can get Xio for so much, Spurs in for Yski' blah blah crap blah

Like do any of these peple know X or Y's family and their views on moving anywhere- do they know the state of their contracts - do they know what they think of playing in England, living in England, living in the south East etc etc - of course they don't to any degree of detail, in the vast majority of cases (there is of course occasionally, very occasionally a bit of genuine ITK)

They're just ciphers, imaginary players in the shadow world of you tube fantasy football, media gossip

It reminds of when I used to spend a lot of time in betting shops and it was quite clear that most of the people in there (including me) didn't know one end of a horse from another - didn't have the faintest clue about what the horse's actual physical condition was on a particular day, whether the track that day suited them, let alone whether the owner/trainer was holding that horse back or not

they were just names on the sporting life list, images seen on TV, and guess what, most of us lost money over the years of betting regularly - what a surprise

Well written DC.

Recent evidence suggests our management are certainly not going to overlook british players if they are good enough. And for waht it's worth I think a core of the british playser we have now are startes and usable squad members in JR eyes for next term.

I do think the major signings during the summer will be overseas ones but not at the expense of the British players we all currently rate.
Players like Chimb, Lee, Rocha, kaboul even TT i recon are top of the queue. Then perhaps players like Robbo are for the chop but most recent ITK suggest he'll be replaced by a Scott anyway.

Well be union-jacked up the the eyeballs next season.

 

[DC_Boy]

Cheers triks

 

[chinaman]

We should give up that policy as the last 10 years or longer has shown that British players on average are less skillful than continental European or African players; and they are much more expensive in transfer fees and wages.

 

[tRiKS]

We should give up that policy as the last 10 years or longer has shown that British players on average are less skillful than continental European or African players; and they are much more expensive in transfer fees and wages.

Popy cock.. what the fuck is average? your lookinga t every Englsih player as very few are over seas and comparing them to waht to get this mythical average? how about all the african players still playing league football in african countires.. how do they compare?

In truth The africans you get exposed to are the best ones from a whole continent. They play in league full of the best, average and worst of british. It's a very distorted view to compare. Of the ones that are good enough to be held against the Rooneys and gerards (Drogba/essien) they would cost you 20m + too!?!?

Gareth Bale @ 5m (+5m) or Obi Mikel at 16m?... i'm sure you'll throw up Bent but that bad business can't uphold such a sweeping statement.

 

[si_yidarmy]

we should always have a majority british team. But not so many english as they come pricey and have an obismal attitude!

 

[sloth]

Nope and never has been. We should always go for the best quality we can afford irrespective of their nationality. That seems obvious to me :shrug:

 

[Coyboy]

I think a big reason Arsenal have failed to win anything recently is the blatent lack of English players and Wenger's resistence to them. To win Serie A you need Italians, La Liga Spanish etc. It's obvious. You don't need a lot but a good part of your spine has to be home grown, look at the top clubs here. Unless we sell Lennon, Dawson, Huddlestone, Robinson and Jenas which I doubt- I don't see the need for many more English players. A good blend is important.

 

[N10toN17]

Buying British hmmmm.

My ideal would be 18 local North London lads like myself.

After that 18 Englishmen.

And then 18 British.

Add in the Irish boys next.

Then the rest of the footballing world.

Now for reality, I'm of the thinking that you need a nice mix to get the winning recipe, I think Manusa have it about right.

So I'd like us to continue to buy British when it's right to do so and buy foreign when likewise. For this transfer window I think we should go more foreign as the areas we need most looking at are areas the British lads currently don't excel in too strongly with a few exceptions, ie creativity positions.

I do like that with Hutton, King, Woody and Bale we have a very strong British prescence at the back. Get the midfield sorted with some continentals into the midfield and we'll have a nice little blend of Spurs cordon bleu.

 

[Jack2]

As a supporter of England as well, I think every team in the Prem should have at least 5 English players in the starting 11. That is the only way to keep team England competitive. Arse*** is a disgrace in English football having usually 0 national players in the starting 11. I hope the others won't follow their way. My beloved Spurs is an English football team and I hope it's core will remain English.

 

[SNAFU_Clarke]

is buying british still important? it never was. it was only ever a convenient stick to try to beat the goons with. if we'd have had a team of foreigners we'd no doubt have adopted the opposite line of argument.

that's my view anyway.

 

[Michey]

Popy cock.. what the fuck is average? your lookinga t every Englsih player as very few are over seas and comparing them to waht to get this mythical average? how about all the african players still playing league football in african countires.. how do they compare?

In truth The africans you get exposed to are the best ones from a whole continent. They play in league full of the best, average and worst of british. It's a very distorted view to compare. Of the ones that are good enough to be held against the Rooneys and gerards (Drogba/essien) they would cost you 20m + too!?!?

Gareth Bale @ 5m (+5m) or Obi Mikel at 16m?... i'm sure you'll throw up Bent but that bad business can't uphold such a sweeping statement.

Tough time accepting the truth? :think: