Is the influx of foreign footballers to the UK suppressing British youngsters from breaking through from the?

Question

Academies.Are these youngsters disheartened when their managers opt for big names from abroad.

Answer 1

totally, it happened in Italy, then they limited the foreign input, now look at them.

Answer 2

Two questions really but "Yes" to the first certainly. How can it be otherwise when you can have teams fielding sides without any players qualified for any of the four national teams in them. At international level, the countries that win the World, European, S.American Cup are the countries where young players get experience playing for the top clubs in their own country. That's why nations such as Italy, Germany, Portugal, Greece, Brazil, Argentina do well at these championships. England and Spain do not. Half of the England side do not have enough experience of European football. Carson, Lescott, Richards, Barry, Wright-Phillips, Defoe, even Crouch - How many games can they muster against Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter, Bayern and the like? How much do you think Walcott has improved in the last two years? Wasn't he in our World Cup squad. OK - if Rooney, Gerrard, Cole x 2, Terry and Ferdinand stay fit for the next 2 and a half years, we might have a chance of qualifying. But where are the rest going to impress and improve. Certainly not sitting on a bench in Bolton or playing for for the reserves.
As for the second question that's obviously a yes as well. Youngsters will always be disheartened if they don't get a game. Nearly all of the countries with any serious chance of winning the next World Cup will have a squad of players competing on a regular basis against the best. Until we can do the same, our national teams will sink further into obscurity and our Premierships will continue to be a training ground for every other nation under the sun.

Answer 3

I don't know if the youngsters are disheartened, but it would be reasonable to think some would be. There is also the possibility that the standard of football in the championship could improve if more players were released. In my view it is the ability of a small number of clubs to 'corner' the talent. Rather than limit the number of foreign players I would like to see a limit on the total number of players a team could have registered who are over the age of 16. ( I don't think this is the case at the moment).
I would hope that such a scheme would bring down wages by releasing more players into the system who need to be attached to a club. Too many players in the premiership can spend 10 years in the reserves with occasional appearances to cover for injuries/suspensions etc and earn many times the average annual wage. This is harmful to football all over Europe and should be tackled by limiting squads to 24 players per season over the age of 16.
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Answer 4

The main problem lies at the grass roots of soccer in the UK.
It is now a huge business and clubs have to make profits to survive. Unfortunately, the influx of foreign investment means that many owners have no regard for our national game and, indeed, support competitor countries. Because of this lack of interest in the progress of our national side and a much great interest in european club football there has been a huge influx of more skilled footballers from abroad. British players are being squeezed out of Premiership football and I suspect this has a demotivating effect upon the British players who see no real future for themselves. If the footballing authorities had instigated a much more effective method of recognising talent at an early age and had nurtured this talent into manhood then we would not have failed to develop sufficient skilled footballers to avoid this influx from abroad. We need to place quotas upon the use of foreign players in our clubs and I would suggest a maximum of 2 in any Club. I also believe it would be better to have a British team and take advantage of all the talent which would be available throughout the UK. We could play games between the home countries but bring the most talented players together for International football. There has to be a fundamental change in how soccer is run in the UK if we are to compete on the international stage. If this is not achieved we shall remain in the soccer wilderness. In the medium term we need the best foreign manager available to lead and a highly motivated Brit. to be his second in command. There is no doubt that Britain needs to acquire the better footballing skills and team play which appear to practiced abroad. Everton showed on Saturday what a team of highly motivated players can achieve. Unfortunately the squad also included a high proportion of foreign players and it was obvious what input they had on the outcome.

Answer 5

Yes but it's simply because the youngsters are not yet good enough and youth team and reserve football does not give them solid enough practice to improve

Rafa Beitez wanted the FA to do away with reserve team football and instead create Premiership B teams that would start in League Two and work their way up via standard promotion. He proposed a ceiling of Prem B teams not being permitted to ascend into the Premier League itself and relegated Prem League teams would have forced their B teams one league down too if they both found themselves in The Championship at the same time.

This is exactly the same system as they have in Spain and the benefit is that the young players play at a high level in the La Liga B teams. On many occasions Real Madrid's B team (Castilla) has won the second division never to be promoted.

Answer 6

I agree with thatsright the english youngsters and for that matter the senior players need to improve their games to catch up with their foreign counterparts. You only get better playing against the best or so the saying goes

Answer 7

If the youngsters don't have the heart to compete then they should find another job.

If the kids are willing to improve then they will.

Answer 8

they can either try to make an english club or they can come to the usa where we are getting like 5 new teams in the next 3 years. Talent is limited here and you can make a name for yourself.

Answer 9

Absolutely!

Answer 10

yes and if you look at all the clubs with youth systems you will find that there is a lot of foreign kids amongst them