Comments on: Premier League’s lesser lights set to benefit from new rules

By: AntiOnan

AntiOnan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:13:53 +0000

IM DIDN’T win the CL(dont ask me what happened there)

By: AntiOnan

AntiOnan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:12:14 +0000

Bloody stupid politically correct rubbish
IMO…to give the young’uns a chance…what rubbish!!
The Woodgate situation is typical of the lack of foresight here. Looks like UEFA is running the EPL now while the thter leagues can import anyone without a work permit need. Another form of Heysel handicap to give the others a chance?
(by others I mean IM, ACM, JUV, RM,Barca, BM. Anyone would think that IM ‘win the CL)

By: Gareth Fieldstead

Gareth Fieldstead — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:01:47 +0000

Non English quota wouldn’t work because it would break EU law. For this change to have worked the emphasis should have been on the individual clubs own homegrown players, ie players they have signed before they turned 21 or brought through there own youth systems. As for clubs only being allowed to spend what they earn, I thought Platini was trying to bring about this law in the game? Wont this be law by commencement of the 2012 – 13 season for clubs wishing to compete in Europe? But the comment was right above the FA should have implemented such a ruling a long time ago to stop clubs like City and Chelsea. After all what relative success Chelsea had under Bates was with money they didn’t have and no decent player since the early 70′s have even looked at City never mind play for them until the billions came.

By: HeavyRiffs

HeavyRiffs — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:34:40 +0000

@godlamighty

Fingers crossed it happens to the arse too then eh, so we’re saved from your pious, baised, yet unsubstantiated waffle.

If Chelsea are a toy club, Abramovich has been toying with them a long, long time. No sign of Sheik Mansour flicking through the Argos catalogue for some new toys any time soon either…

Don’t begrudge clubs for having money if yours has none, or has some and chooses not to spend it.

But I’ll set your mind at rest, it won’t happen at Arsenal, mid table beckons, say hello to Cesc for me at the airport…

By: yloops

yloops — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:39:31 +0000

HAHAHA this site stole the entire first and second paragraph from sky sports news channel. Same Word for word haha wish I had recorded it and had a link to show you. This site has always been and will always be a shambles!!!!!!!!!!

By: wondrinfree

wondrinfree — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:31:02 +0000

The problem with having an English quota is that it would break European laws. ‘Homegrown’ is actually a clever way of side stepping this.

As much as I like the prospect of clubs developing young players more there are a lot of downsides. For example, how long before teams become cynical and set out to take out the better players leaving only youth. This seems to be the accepted way many clubs choose to play against Arsenal, would this now spread to other clubs? For example first game of the season if hypothetically Arsenal put out a team of 21 year old thugs to jump on the ankles of certain Liverpool players. Arsenal lose the match due to 3 players being sent off and being over run, but a significant competitor has lost a bunch of their top players and only has youth for an extended period. Who is the real winner here?

By: eduardo

eduardo — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:10:29 +0000

Dan if the FAPL and FA want English clubs to stop bringing in foreign youths then they have to get rid of the 90 minute rule, which stops clubs training young playes who live more than nintey minutes from the club. Also clubs have to lower the price of English players to a proper valuation level, if foreign players were not better value then clubs would not buy them. And this new rule has actually made clubs bring in more foreign youths so that by the time the are 21 they are homegrown. This new rule is silly in the extreme

By: col

col — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:23:26 +0000

It might have been better introducing a max number of non English players per team,this would have done more to help the England teams long term cause by giving English youth more chances,as one of the previous comments stated this is Platinis way of hitting the Prem league because he hates its success and prestige.Also debt is another key issue why are there no penalties for clubs who live above their means even if they can service the debt temporarily it is unfair to the clubs who balance their books and so keep the league alive and competetive anyone can be successful if they have a 1 billion overdraft/loan but football suffers long term.

By: godalmighty

godalmighty — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:32:32 +0000

Erik you numpty, you name 32 over 21 players and subract 6 – so that means your squad is oversize already. and that’s before your club continues its summer spending. man city and chelsea are scum clubs, toy clubs in fact. if something similar happened at arsenal i would instantly lose all interest in english football – ‘you have to live by your principles’.

By: HeavyRiffs

HeavyRiffs — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:16:48 +0000

@Stratty

Agreed…