Coppell calls for Gunners limit

felirox SG

Reading boss Steve Coppell has added his voice to the growing call for an English quota of players in every Premiership side.

Coppell's remarks come as Arsenal are the next visitors to the Madejski Stadium on Monday night and are likely to field a side full of foreigners. Coppell has made it clear that he would welcome legislation to make clubs field English players and he believes the national side will suffer in the long run if the plans, drawn up by Fifa president Sepp Blatter, are not approved.

Coppell said: "I just think long term it is a dangerous game.

"I admire so much the football they play, it is most pleasing on the eye, but you would hope that given the fact that he (Wenger) has been there 10 years he could create English players who could play that way.

"That would obviously enhance the national team."

wtf is wrong with these people??!

corebooster SG

if there is good english players who are as cheap as the foreign players, who dunwan?

the PROBLEM IS, england is NOT PRODUCING enough TALENTS which are WORTH THE CASH PAYING FOR.

Wake up dude. Evil or Very Mad

stellazio SG

crap la, just train some englishmen from young the arsenal style instead of the typical british physical way.

i'm sure they can.. just like he is training walcott to be like henry.

3 out of a 24 man squad is not a very big ask.

kramnave SG

why can’t reading produce english players ? don’t understand why the onus is on arsenal….if you are good you are good lor…if not good, no matter how people train you also doomed to fail…lidat dun hav to buy players liao..just recruit english and train..

stellazio SG

because the likes of man utd, chelsea and liverpool all have good english players in their squad..

felirox SG

so? is it a MUST for arsenal to produce an english great? but its not like arsenal NVR had english players. bollocks. people like copell and that man utd manager are all bollocks. jealous. myb they're jealous.

akinos SG

Just divert ur attention abit. If the plan is approve and implemented hor... our starting line-up sure jia lat one. they say must field at least 5 or 6 english player right? now i can only think of Walcott and the 2 hoyte brothers to start, AW will be in a dilemma and our play will really be affected.

so all pls hope that the plan doesn't get implemented. i have a feeling that it will be since all england association cares is about their national team.

BrUtUs SG

Originally posted by felirox:
[b]Reading boss Steve Coppell has added his voice to the growing call for an English quota of players in every Premiership side.

Coppell's remarks come as Arsenal are the next visitors to the Madejski Stadium on Monday night and are likely to field a side full of foreigners. Coppell has made it clear that he would welcome legislation to make clubs field English players and he believes the national side will suffer in the long run if the plans, drawn up by Fifa president Sepp Blatter, are not approved.

Coppell said: "I just think long term it is a dangerous game.

"I admire so much the football they play, it is most pleasing on the eye, but you would hope that given the fact that he (Wenger) has been there 10 years he could create English players who could play that way.

"That would obviously enhance the national team."

wtf is wrong with these people??![/b]

he should reali stfu... knn, afriad of gunners then use tis type of underhand tactics.. these ppl r reali crazy... last time epl also limit foreigners then they also din produce a world cup winning squad... all they produced are overrated stars... wat next? stop foreign coaches too? might as well call it ENGLISHMAN premier league...

BrUtUs SG

but paying 2x the money for their worth is not every club can do... gunners also did their part in producing english stars jz tat they sell them off to other clubs... (cole, pennant, upson, bentley,...)

felirox SG

if this plan is approve,i think epl will not be the most eggciting league anymore. they'll lose money. these pea brain managers who said that arent thinking abt their own foreign players. how will they feel and stuffs.

bryanw SG

scared get raped by arsenal is it Rolling Eyes

BrUtUs SG

of course standard will drop... english team will get raped by barca or milan... teams like Reading confirm no need say...

stellazio SG

but it is unbecoming for an english club to only have 1 english player isn't it?

everywhere around europe, their top clubs have a few local lads.

not even asking for 1/2.

its more to do with traditions..

i'm sure they can raise an englishmen to play the arsenal way if they start from young.

felirox SG

u want me to list arsenal's english players currently? we do not have 1..we have some.

BrUtUs SG

nt reali easy also... cos u got teams who come to ur academy to steal them away... then plus the development is not always perfect... look at how pennant became from a huge potential to one wearing tags whereever he goes... now the game is not abt tradition liao... its all abt money n results... times hv change... even chelsea hv to overspend on english players... look at how gunners chased the WBA defender... they knew teams like gunners interested n wanted 10mil for a player still incomplete... dun tink tat is gunners who dun wan to buy english but is whether or not is worth the $$$...

stellazio SG

who is playing regularly?

Trump_Card SG

I supposed selection is based on merits , not nationality ...

felirox SG

well,no one cos these english players are not up to standard yet.

hobochua SG

English players are not getting the attention and resources as before most of the player are from bottom clubs...clubs like reading is impecunious...thus they cannot afford.... Very Happy

LazerLordz SG

Arsenal is not a charity, and most English players are never good enough for Arsenal and are overpriced, furthermore, those who are already at Arsenal are there because they are good enough.