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*Official* English Football Season 2007-08

dontcloseyoureyes

BARNES OUT
Posted more out of displeasure that I fell asleep before the goals than anything else. First half was good, second half started slowly and was the ultimate killer in the end.
 

Loony BoB

International Captain
Ran this off for another forum, for anyone who might be interested thought I'd post it here... if you're wondering, it was done using numbered players from current squads on Wikipedia.
 

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Barney Rubble

International Coach
Ran this off for another forum, for anyone who might be interested thought I'd post it here... if you're wondering, it was done using numbered players from current squads on Wikipedia.
Interesting stuff. Probably says a lot that the clubs with low percentages of foreigners are mostly towards the bottom of the table. Not sure whether it says a lot about English players or foreign ones, though.
 

Loony BoB

International Captain
Interesting stuff. Probably says a lot that the clubs with low percentages of foreigners are mostly towards the bottom of the table. Not sure whether it says a lot about English players or foreign ones, though.
I think it would be interesting if I added to it - for example, looking at how British managers and overseas managers compare.

EDIT: Done - and a pretty clear difference in the number of foreign players emerges, I'd say. Fittingly, English managers sign the most English players, (non-English) British Isles managers sign the most (non-English) British Isles players and overseas managers sign the most overseas players.
 

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Magrat Garlick

Rather Mad Witch
Also, with the semi-honourable exception of Man U (and conversely Blackburn), clubs with inflated budgets (Liverpool, Man C, Chelsea, Arsenal, Pompey, Fulham, Wigan) sign foreigners.
 

Loony BoB

International Captain
I was actually quite surprised Blackburn only had four English players, never really noticed.

Have to say the most amusing thing of the lot for me was the fact that Roy Keane's Sunderland includes 14 English players... and 13 Irish.
 
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Tom Halsey

International Coach
Also, with the semi-honourable exception of Man U (and conversely Blackburn), clubs with inflated budgets (Liverpool, Man C, Chelsea, Arsenal, Pompey, Fulham, Wigan) sign foreigners.
Used to be anti-foreigners but tbh now I don't have much of a problem. The problem is more one of youth academies IMO. There weren't many foreigners in England in 1950 but that didn't stop us screwing it up then.
 

grecian

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I see Steve Maclarens got a job on the experts panel at Setanta8-)

Time to review my continued subscription:@
 

Johnners

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Looks like they were a wee bit jammy to get the point, even.

Keeps the race for 4th interesting anyway, which must be a good thing.
Might be the right time for Benetiz to hit the road, and let Mourinho see what he can do at Anfield.
 

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