I liked it better when teams represented the style of play of the country they are based on. Now every team is full of foreign managers and foreign players. I think the foreign player limit maintained a sense of identity associated with each club. It forces you to develop your own talent, and the fans are always going to be more into it when players are from the same country as them. Now we rarely ever see teams develop talent.

  • Spillsy68@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I agree and hate the business side. Not so many years ago, a team mostly depended on its youth system to provide the core of the team. My team is Chelsea and I don’t like what that team has become. I loved Frank’s first year when we were forced to bring young players into the team. We weren’t the best but throughout the team there were connections with the fans. I’m a local, Chelsea or Palace were my main options. Mount, James, Chalobah, Abraham all came into the team.

    Now we seem to buy players who are not much better than the homegrown players who are sold to maximize income for FFP.

    But is Nicholas Jackson better than Tammy (I know he was sold a while ago) or Disasi that much better than a Chalobah or before that Tomori? Is Cuccurella better than Maatsen (I know he’s Dutch)