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Oh go on then
No club should be obliged to buy players on the basis of their nationality. If English players good enough for the Arsenal team come along, then fine. But if not, I see no reason for us to compromise our squad for the sake of supposed national loyalty. Yes, this is the English Premier League, but Arsenal is a football club first and a member of the League second. Besides, by that logic, there would be no problem with us fielding an all-european side in the European Champions League, which was Pardew's initial complaint anyway.
To best demonstrate the difference that foreign players make to our game, I direct you to our match against Charlton this afternoon. Watch the way that the two teams play, and you'll notice that Arsenal's football is not only far more attractive, but more effective than that of Charlton. I'm not saying that English players are incapable of playing this sort of football, but they have to be of a certain standard, and very few actually reach this level. Not to mention that English players are far more expensive than their foreign counterparts. Why buy an English player when you can get a superior Frenchman for the same price?
So yeah. Alan Pardew is a jerk.
Last edited by Cz; 03-18-2006 at 08:26 PM.
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