http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7417746.stm

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Bit of a joke, don't you think? As much as I think foreign players have brought so much to this league, those numbers are disgraceful. Arsenal :nonono:. But it's not fair to single them out, Liverpool are on their way to becoming like Arsenal too. Scotland had this problem a few years back but I think I'm right in saying that it's definitely improved a lot now? I don't follow the SPL that closely. So it IS possible to change, obviously slowly. I think the Italians & Spanish have got it about right; around 2/3 Spanish/Italian and the rest foreign.

Blatter is a **** most of the time but the sooner his '6+5 rule' comes into play, the better in my opinion.

Wow, Arsenal haven't even got 1?

Newcastle have got 11 players, BTW.

Newcastle have got 11 players, BTW.

Rizoom, you're reading it wrong. Those are the average numbers for English players starting in a Premiership game for each team. Not the amount of English players in the squad.

Rizoom, you're reading it wrong. Those are the average numbers for English players starting in a Premiership game for each team. Not the amount of English players in the squad.

Ohhhh! I couldn't care less anyway. If this rule was to happen the big clubs would take all the best English players. It wont change anything apart from make it harder for the smaller clubs.

Ohhhh! I couldn't care less anyway. If this rule was to happen the big clubs would take all the best English players. It wont change anything apart from make it harder for the smaller clubs.

So you couldn't care less that in a few years time there may be 0 English players in the Premiership? There's one certain club taking all the best English talent now, paying ridiculous prices no other club can compete with, apart from Chelsea, and they're on the slide now. And that club is Man Utd. Ferdinand - £23m, Rooney - £23m, Hargreaves - £16m? Carrick - £18m?
That kind of thing is happening anyway, but that's what has happened in all leagues around the world, the big clubs have been allowed to become bigger and richer whilst the smaller clubs struggle, then when a prospect comes through the ranks, a big club snaps him up.

The 6+5 rule is a good step forward.

Well maybe if the price of English talent doesn't inflate to ridiculous heights or if the players are good enough, then there would be more english players.

Do you fellas think that this will rule cause a blip in the performaces of English teams in the Champions leauge.




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Do you fellas think that this will rule cause a blip in the performaces of English teams in the Champions leauge.


Not for Man Utd in the short term, but in the long term who knows...

This will have a huge impact on Arsenal and Liverpool straight away.

Do you fellas think that this will rule cause a blip in the performaces of English teams in the Champions leauge.



There's no question about that. It drops the EPL back below La Liga and serie a