Soccer: Re: [lfc] The Cold Light of Day

Re: [lfc] The Cold Light of Day

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That's why I said "It's a pity that British players have become so ordinary"

There are some good young ones around in truth and we should be trying for them.....McCarthy at Wigan, Phil Jones at Blackburn. Even Gay Cahill is not that old. Also, as I mentioned last night, if any fdeal was engineered with Chelsea I would insist that McEachran was part of it...he's going to be a great player...very Xabi like. Yes, I realize he'd have to want to come, but I'd say he's good enough to start ahead of a few we have.

On 2011-01-29, at 10:42 AM, Edward Crusoe wrote:

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> From: "Bill Thomas" <anfield@me.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 3:35 PM
> To: <lfc@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [lfc] The Cold Light of Day
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> > It's a pity that British players have become so ordinary, because it would
> > be far better if we could load up with those players. That's not meant to
> > be xenophobic, in fact if you think about it, it's just the opposite. But
> > in reality are you really going to get foreign players hanging around for
> > 6/7/8/9 years?
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> Like Didi, Hyypia? They stuck around for quite some time.
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> Nowadays it is rare to find many players (regardless of nationality) that
> hang around for 6/7/8/9 years - but I think that's as much to do with
> injuries and declining with age than with anything else. The game has become
> much more physical and players are having to continually operate at 90%+ of
> their physical capabilities - which is a far cry from the past.
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> I don't have a problem with foreign players. I also have no problem with
> having an all British / Irish side. But how many really good British or
> Irish players are there out there any more? Even mediocre players are far
> more expensive than their foreign counterparts.
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