who thinks that there should be a limit on what foreign players should play in the premiership?
918183
I certainly do. When teams like Chelsea and Arsenal field an all foreign team it is dreadful. People say that there are not enough good English players around. I disagree. Look what Fergie did at Man Utd in bringing players like the Neville brothers, Scholes, Beckham and Giggs through the system. Many managers will not persevere with young English players. They go and buy foreigners because they are quite often cheaper and will accept lower wages. Also signing foreign players is sometimes a quick fix. It takes time to nurture young players and some clubs will not give managers enough time to do this as they want instant results. Restricting the number of foreign players would make clubs have a rethink and it would be better for the national team. Of all the foreign players playing in England how many are really top class players? Not that many.
437834
Carlton Palmer is an easy statement to make.  He obviously wasn't good enough to play for England.\nI would also like to nominate Geoff Thomas.  A below average player in a mediocre team (Crystal Palace) should never be capped.  Having said that, it is good to see him in remission from his leukaemia.\nBoth Palmer and Thomas got caps because there was a lack of depth in that position at the time.  A bit like Phil Neville - and his brother come to think of it.\nEvery England manager seems to have one player that only they think is good enough.  It is baffling to the rest of the country but they seem to be in every squad.  Taylor had Palmer, Eriksson has Hargreaves, etc.
337225
I BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION IS WHETHER AMERICAN SOCCER (FOOTBALL) PLAYERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL SOCCER OUTSIDE AMERICA AS AGAINST IN THE MLS. PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE THAT IS A GOOD POINT AS IT WOULD EVENTUALLY HELP IMPROVE THE GAME AND AMERICAN PLAYERS WOULD EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE AT PAR WITH OTHER WORLD CLASS PLAYERS. THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY PLAYING ABROAD ARE THE ONLY ONES REALLY CAUSING A GOOD STIR IN THE TEAM NOW. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS BEASLEY. HE DOES HAVE GOOD SPEED AND AGILITY. THE EXPERIENCE HE ACQUIRED IN EUROPE IS DEFINITELY HELPING THE NATIONAL TEAM.
1073759
Not completely right but you are onto something. The important thing is that players are challenged in their own leagues. Some of the best leagues in the world are in Europe, but You should also consider others like Brazil, Argentina and Mexico as very competitive leagues.
620809
No, they would dominate too easily.  If they do get some kind of punishment it should not effect the players.  By dropping down to the lower division that would just be unfair to the players.  The players are not the ones to blame for all the problems with the club.  If anything the management should be banned from the game.
422827
Heskey!? You must be blind! Shouldn't be playing in the bloody premiership (and isn't haha), let alone for england - strikers will be Owen (despite crappy newcastle medical team), Rooney (hopefully will be fit for later stages although chances are, not group stage), Defoe (can be alright... sometimes), Crouch (god nooo!! but sven's choice) and Darren Bent. Maybe. Won't be Heskey, James Beattie or Darius "can only score against villa" Vassell. I think we still have a chance, I mean, you can't completely write us off... but Rooney's injury and the complete shambles that is the FA's handling of the next manager have provided great obstacles.
1112186
there;s no particular best player\nsoo many of them have played fantastic. nobody can pick out one
535300
Personally, I think that Chelsea are signing too many players.  They may have a great squad, but how many of them are actually playing regular first team football.  A perfect example is Shaun Wright-Phillips, biggest mistake of his life signing for Chelsea and I would have thought his old man, Mr Wright should have pointed him in a different direction.  Frank Lampard and Joe Cole are consistently playing, bringing Ballack in aswell could mean they will be going the same way as many others.
36092
It's upto the players whether the want to play for their countries or for themselves. So, for me the team who plays well in the first two days will lose so waitttttttttttttt. ............... for the result................
595334
Ive seen Theo Walcott play for Southampton and he is a very talented player already, he has got electrifying pace and an abundance of skill already and is a natural goal scorer, in his first season at youth level he scored over 100 goals in a season, he has played for the England youth team and scored goals and has also played for the Arsenal Reserve team and scored goals and he regularly trains with the Arsenal first team. Although it is a gamble taking him to the World Cup because he hasn't played for the Arsenal first team this season I think its not a bad gamble because from what Ive seen he is gonna cause defences alot of trouble, at the end of the day if you,ve got pace and skill and an eye for goal like he has I don't think it matters whether you,ve played at international level or not, he still knows how to skin defenders and I cant see many of them catching him, Give him a chance and judge him after the World Cup, you might be pleasantly surprised.
488042
I highly doubt it.  They only have one player on their squad from international play and that makes it very hard to qualify against players who get so much competition in Premier league, Serie A, and Spanish Primera.  They haven't gotten past the first round and thats call for inexperience.
710804
They Premiership or the English FA should never even think about allowing Celtic or Rangers to go straight into the Premiership.  They should start from the bottom like everybody else.\n\nCeltic may have beaten Man U last week, but this was literally a hit and run.\n\nSorry but neither team are upto standard.\n\nThey look good in the SPL because it is basically catered for them.  They have the monopoly on TV apprearances, sponsorship etc.  All the other teams just fight over the dregs.\n\nHearts had a chance to become a good team, but Romanov has broken the team.
619762
although some teams from other countries do play in other countries leagues for example swansea wrexham cardiff gretna also teams from luxembourg play in the swiss leagues i do not agree that rangers and celtic should go straight to the premiership, if they came down here then they should start in the coca cola league 2
1034489
as long as they keep the english holligans away from the WC, then the english fans shouldn't pick up trouble, \n\nas usual, its a selected few that make all the trouble
341368
None actually, more players moved later on to the premiership, the first player was a scottish player, dont recall his name.
525280
Field an English player?
475217
i have watched this match. it seems that the possible players who would like to play this year wc in germany are not exorting much to their ability for a fear of being injured and that is the reason MU could not beat sunderland as so many world class players are playing for MU who are simply not taking any risk . moreover MU is not going to win this year premier league ,so player like rooney, ronaldo, rio ferdinand are not playing to their potential.can't help sir furgution .this is professional football ,you have to accept the reality.