The fecklessness of White (particularly English) football fans is apparently infinite. Southampton supporters were planning protest action at Tuesday's home game against Everton to voice their disapproval of Nigel Adkins' sacking, but it failed to materialise. Why? Simple really - the fans were happy that the team put in a good first half performance and ended up with a draw. :censored: Well, so much for "principles".
This little episode encapsulates all that is wrong with football and sport as a whole: the fans ultimately don't care who wears the shirt, who manages the team, or who owns the club as long as they get the all-important result they desire (which, in Southampton's ambitious case, is a home draw against the fifth-placed team). Such an empty-headed attitude has allowed the "Caste System" to flourish an, if left unchecked - at least inplaces like England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United States and, yes, Australia - it shall lead to the virtual extinction of White footballers as well as all other White sportspeople.
I am so sick of the Argentinians.
I don't know how many Spaniards are playing in England now. You're right. I am sure he'll start to bring in a few Argentinians.
There are at least some non-English Brits as managers like Ferguson and Pulis.
Rebajlo, If you were in charge, would you limit the amount of Scots, NI, Welsh that play in England too. Would you count them as a foreigner since they have there own national teams? The Welsh and NI leagues aren't close to the English league so they wouldn't have near the big teams to play for.
I am not from there so I don't know the whole dynamic. To me it's one country.
England and the UK are so complicate because of the separate national teams. I am assuming most people in England would treat a Welshman like an Englishman for footballing purposes, meaning no limit. Unfortunately, most don't even care how many Brazilian etc play there.
Europe -
Well, mate, if I was truly "in charge" every club would be all-White and feature a minimum eight Englishmen. :icon_wink:
The intricacies of the British constitution aside, in terms of football England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (or Ulster, as one pleases...) are wholly seperate entities, each with their own FA, national team and league structure. Therefore, if we were to impose proper limits on the number of non-nationals each club is allowed it is only logical that Scotsmen, Welshmen, and Ulstermen should be counted as foreign players.
As You already know, I'm an avid advocate of tightening up "international eligibility" and of permitting only three foreign players per club, regardless of whether they are on the field, on the bench, or in the stands. A strict limit of three foreigners would place the emphasis on developing junior payers and scouting
within one's own country, thus benefitting all European national teams.
Classifying the abovementioned nationalities as foreigners would mean that White players of so-called "mixed" background (who are - unsurprisingly - quite common in Britain, particularly in England) wouldn't be nearly as keen to pledge their allegiance to the nations of their grandmothers, et cetera if such a move could potentially threaten their position within a club. Consequently, the "British" (and Irish) national teams would more accurately reflect the nations they are supposed to represent.
For example, situations like that involving Reading defender Alex Pearce would become far less frequent. Pearce was born in England, played a couple of games for Scotland at U-21 but turns out for Ireland at senior level. This is bloody insane and an insult to the people of Scotland and Ireland, who deserve to be represented by "native" players who are fully committed to their country, in addition to being a slap in the face for the people of England, where this mercenary scrote was born and lives. But that's "modern" football for You, a "sport" in which loyalty to nations is gradually approaching a miserable par with loyalty to clubs.
Unfortunately, the English, Scottish and Welsh leagues all include an anomaly or two which throw a chunky spanner into the works of any limits based on my "natural" , uncomplicated classification of players.
Most obviously, the Welsh Swansea City plays in the English Premier League. Swansea may very likely be joined in the top flight by bitter rivals (and Malaysian-owned, criminally "rebranded" mess) Cardiff City, who are currently ten points clear of Leicester and Hull at the top of the League Championship.
Then we have the Welsh clubs Wrexham and Newport County, both of which compete in the English Football Conference and English club Berwick Rangers, who play in the Scottish Third Division.
But the strangest case of them all is TNS, i.e The New Saints of the Welsh Premier League. The New Saints represent
both Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain in Wales
and Oswestry in England (the two are within about ten miles of each other) and play their home matches in Oswestry. Not bad, eh?
So, would Swansea City, Cardiff City, Wrexham and Newport County have to play eight Welshmen or eight Englishmen? How about Berwick Rangers - eight Englishmen or eight Scotsmen? One thing is guaranteed: The New Saints would certainly generate a few juicy ulcers during the decision-making process...
Spaniards are the "new" Argentines and Brazilians. Before anyone decides to wade in and accuse me of all sorts of things, yes, I am aware that Spaniards are White but English football clubs should not be packed with foreigners of any colour. In case You were wondering, 12 Spaniards, 6 Argentines and 6 Brazilians were starters in the last Premier League round. Just to illustrate the depth of this mounting problem, Brighton & Hove Albion started four Spaniards in Tuesday's 1-1 League Championship draw with Blackburn Rovers...
