damaso Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 UEFA wants more homegrown players palying in their hometowns. This will hit Arsenal pretty bad, because majority yata ng players ng Arsenal ay hindi British. Van Nisterooy is Dutch right? For me, mas maganda iyon, para may loyalty ka sa hometown mo, hindi ka na pupunta kung saan may pera.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> yeah, man utd's van nistelrooy is dutch. i agree with uefa on this ruling. its funny how the top teams in england have hardly any english players! examples of the usual starting 11s of "english" teams: man utd keeper : howard (usa) or carroll (n ireland)defender : ferdinand (england), g neville (england), silvestre (france), o'shea (ireland)mid : scholes (england), keane (ireland), ronaldo (portugal), giggs (wales)forward : rooney (england), van nistelrooy (holland) * 4 out of 11 are english chelsea keeper : cech (czech republic)defender : terry (england), ferreira (portugal), carvalho (portugal), gallas (france)mid : lampard (england), j cole (england), makelele (france), duff (ireland)forward : drogba (ivory coast), gudjohnsen (iceland) * 3 out of 11 are english arsenal keeper : lehmann (germany)defender : a cole (england), s campbell (england), toure (ivory coast), lauren (cameroon)mid : viera (france), pires (france), silva (brazil), ljungberg (sweden)forward : henry (france), bergkamp (holland) *2 out of 11 are english liverpool keeper : dudek (poland)defender : josemi (spain), hyppia (finland), riise (norway), pellegrino (argentina)mid : gerrard (england), biscan (croatia), garcia (spain), xabi (spain)forward : baros (czech republic), morientes (spain) *1 out of 11 is english so i'm glad we're going back to the pre-bosman days (before the eu ruling, i think only 4 non-english players were allowed to be in the squad). anyways, i think the ruling is only that 8 "home-grown" players out of 25 must be included in the squad. so we will still have "cosmopolitan" teams... Quote Link to comment
damaso Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 oh, and its not just english teams. top teams from spain and italy are too cosmopolitan as well... Quote Link to comment
howard_the_duck Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Kaya lang baka magalit ang EU, at siyempre mga teams, mahabang problema to! The reason why England can't win the World Cup is because the English teams are too international. Quote Link to comment
teio Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 (edited) one of the reasons why players are not playing in their counrtries... money... so they choose to play for richer leagues like the epl... then compare the competition in other leagues... for example... if i am jerzy dudek... with pundits and managers considering me as one of the world's best goalkeepers... i wouldn't choose to play for a team in poland... instead i would choose to play for a team in england or spain where i can earn more money... play with more competitive players... and have more exposure... Edited April 24, 2005 by the_electrified_one Quote Link to comment
damaso Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 i am a big fan of arjen robben, and he is back from injury. wonder if he'll start against liverpool. joe cole has been playing well in his absence... Quote Link to comment
damaso Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 ac milan 2 psv 0 psv was unlucky. they dominated the 2nd half. looks like milan has one foot in the finals... Quote Link to comment
howard_the_duck Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 chelsea 0, liverpool 0the second leg would be hot! Quote Link to comment
pmposter2001 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Hello Boys, Ever heard of Dennis Cagara, half-Filipino left-back of German division 1 team Hertha Berlin? The Philippine team was trying to get him, but it looks like he wanted to play more for the Danish men's team in the future. Sayang. Quote Link to comment
howard_the_duck Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Kahit ako doon ako sa may pag-asa sa World Cup. Sana i-reject siya ng Denmark para no choice siya. Quote Link to comment
bubuy Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 howard.. some news for your team.. chelsea is eyeing rio ferdinand and ashley cole.. peter kenyon was spotted with the two england internationals in two different occassions.. :evil: Quote Link to comment
ron9 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Hello Boys, Ever heard of Dennis Cagara, half-Filipino left-back of German division 1 team Hertha Berlin? The Philippine team was trying to get him, but it looks like he wanted to play more for the Danish men's team in the future. Sayang.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't blame him. If he plays for the RP team with all our facilities (or lack of it) he'll end up getting injured and ruining his chances for playing for both the danish nationa and in bundesliga. Quote Link to comment
teio Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 still... there is a flicker... that psv will pull off another upset... just like what deportivo la coruña did to ac milan last year...ac milan 2 psv 0 psv was unlucky. they dominated the 2nd half. looks like milan has one foot in the finals...<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment
damaso Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 after the failure of kleberson and djemba-djemba to make an impact, man utd continues to search for the aging roy keane's replacement. next up: nigerian john obi mikel. third time the charm? Quote Link to comment
howard_the_duck Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Chelsea is virtually assured of the Premiership trophy. They only need 2 points to clinch the championship. My analyses:UEFA Champions League: The Knockout StagesFA Cup Final: Manchester United vs. Arsenal Quote Link to comment
damaso Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 chelsea has secured the premiership title... they secured the trophy via a 2-0 win at bolton (my fave team in the epl). i hope bolton will still make it to europe next season despite this loss. Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.