westhamonkey Sat 10 May 2014, 2:00 am
seems like a totally dumb idea to me
yes, we need more (better) english players to compete in international competition
but this doesn't help.
the sad thing is, the last time we were really competitive at international level was in the days when there were limits on foreign players or just not the incentive to have a bunch of johnny foreigners in your team
the European union and bosman decision has completely destroyed that possibity, so we need to find a way of attracting domestic talent into the game.
it's not like the lure of becoming a millionaire by the time you're 20 just for kicking a pigskin about isn't enough of an incentive to want to pursue a career in the footballs...
so what's the problem?
we're a country with a large enough population to find enough good players...
perhaps if they took the money they're wasting on Greg Van Dyke and put it into compulsory sports education as part of the curriculum, we might find a whole bunch more decent domestic footballers and also have a more active and healthier population to boot.
just my tuppence 'apenny