Comments on: FIFA wants to impose 6+5 quota on football clubs

By: naz

naz — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:42:43 +0000

I will throw out something that I think might happen if this rule is implemented…say i was an owner, what would stop me from going to brazil,spain, or italy and finding good teenage talent and then work with immigration and have them become english citizens. That way i can get good, cheap foreign talent that would only benefit my team and not really hurt even if they dont pan out and become good players because they would be cheaper to buy than over-priced “by-born” englishmen.

By: andy

andy — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:47:14 +0000

Well if he say that Kevin Keegan said that he could only fight for fifth or sixth then when this rule applies all the big clubs will buy the english players like owen to arsenal or liverpool also Bently won’t be at Blackburn so i think this is tupid to make the 5+6 rule we don’ want a second hand league.What will happen to arsenal and liverpool?? if this rule is applied.Im sure Eu will reject this proposal

By: michael

michael — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:31:42 +0000

It seems like everyone is getting confused between the FIFA and UEFA proposals which, while very similar, are also very different. Now I can’t remember which is which, but one says that a certain number of players (of any nationality) must have been trained at your club between 15 and 21. The other says you have to field 6 home playes. The first is legal, the second isn’t.

It seems to me like pointless posturing that will have a detrimental effect on all leagues.

By: Football Bets

Football Bets — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:13:08 +0000

Would just make English players even more expensive, even more hyped, and ultimately just as poor.

It Won’t make the slightest difference to how well the NT perform. The league was full of British/English players in the 70, 80s and 90s and what did England win then?

Of course i would like to see more homegrown players in my team, but if you’re asking me to pick between Lee Trundle and Samuel Eto’o i’d have to plump for the dirty foreigner to come over and steal Lee’s job!!

Seriously though, the solution is simple: we have 7 players on the bench next season. if 3 of them HAD to be home grown that would help young players in this country get the game time they need to improve.

By: Liverpool_Fan

Liverpool_Fan — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:37:47 +0000

sorry its 27/24 although the intertoto cup isnt europe is it

By: Liverpool_Fan

Liverpool_Fan — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:36:29 +0000

Would this really level the playing field? It would just make money more involved in football. Spanish teams will pay 200millions for a good spanish player and same for every other country. I think a quota of 3 would be perfect because then English players are getting opportunities and 28/24 English players would be playing European football!!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:05:40 +0000

yep jus reminds me of immigrants stealing good american jobs!

By: PeeJay

PeeJay — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:46:20 +0000

The thing is that I have trouble thinking of more than two teams [Inter and Arsenal] that would be affected by this rule. We all know that the teams with the most foreigners are the best ones, mid-table teams and below generally have homegrown talent.

The problem with this is that it means that mediocre players like Wes Brown will go up in value and the value of good players like Gareth Barry and David Bentley will rocket.

I agree that some teams take it too far but this rule isn’t the solution. Also, this doesn’t say anything about substitutions. What happens if your English striker, your English defender and your English goalie get injured but on the bench you’ve got an English goalie, an English striker and three foreign players. What do you do? It’s impractical. I think that maybe you should limit, if anything, the number of players in the squad [team + bench] to 7 foreigners or 8 if they make the benches bigger as proposed. That way there is some more space to maneuver.

Also, it seems that the F.A is taking some initiatives to improve the standards of youth facilities and, though overemphasised, it sounds like a good idea.

The thing is; if I’m better than you why should you get the job instead of me? It sort of reminds me of when Americans say Mexicans steal their jobs, well, son, if a Mexican can do your job better than you and for less money then who are you to say he shouldn’t have it?

The English area already lazy and overpaid and overvalued this would only make them more so. If players know that they’ve got a higher chance of playing than foreigners they’re going to work less than if they had to compete for their place.

In the restaurant near my house 8/10 of the cooks are Italian, I know this because I talk to them, and nobody comes up and says no, only 5 of you can be Italian.

So why should it be different in football?

By: Bayern is the Greatest

Bayern is the Greatest — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:22:36 +0000

England doesnt even produce proper coaches, if u look at coaching academies in england and those in italy u would realise that england is a joke. These coaches are the ones training young players so its it any wonder that the talent isnt coming through. The English FA needs to get off there asses and start doing some work.

By: Bayern is the Greatest

Bayern is the Greatest — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:16:48 +0000

Blatter need to get a clue. World football has become more competetive since this sort of thing has happened because countries like my own Jamaica now have players playing at the highest level. The likes of greece has been able to win the euros. If blatter really cared about the great game he would not be looking to put rules in place that would take us back 100 years. The problem with english players is that the english FA isn’t doing there jobs properly. Clubs would always prefer to buy good local talent than foreigner because they would generally be cheaper, more attractive to local fans, and they would be familiar with the sorrounding. England isnt producing any talent so they suffer. Spain, Italy, Frace, Germany,and Holland are all still producing quality youngersters even though the amount of foreigners is going in those leagues as well.