The Football.....

[The Essex Spurs]

Ok then you've won the title but your next task is harder......producing a few players to help England win the world cup.Oh sorry I forgot English players don't exist at Chelski.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Ok then you've won the title but your next task is harder......producing a few players to help England win the world cup.Oh sorry I forgot English players don't exist at Chelski.

Chelsea give no more of a Donald Duck about helping England win the World Cup than Spurs do. All clubs now regard international football as a pain in the butt that sends their best players back injured and tired.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Ok then you've won the title but your next task is harder......producing a few players to help England win the world cup.Oh sorry I forgot English players don't exist at Chelski.

Well, we've had a few good ones over the years but in reality ( @Smokin Joe ) has beaten me to it - which major (and not so major) club gives a flying fig about the England team?

The tedious friendlies are a PITA and our players (of all nations) often come back crippled.

Where are you wanting your conversation to go? You sound like you are trolling to me.

 

[User482]

Ok then you've won the title but your next task is harder......producing a few players to help England win the world cup.Oh sorry I forgot English players don't exist at Chelski.

Yeah, cos you'd be really bothered if Spurs won the league without any players from the academy.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Back to far more important matters:

The mighty FAFC beat Annan 4-2 in the 2nd leg of the play-off semi-final and now go on to meet Peterhead in the 2-leg play-off final; the first leg is played on Wednesday evening in Forfar, which is jolly spiffing as I am now working/staying there during the week so can go along and cheer them on.

Right, you can now return to your silly little argumentative nonsense...

 

[The Essex Spurs]

Yeah, cos you'd be really bothered if Spurs won the league without any players from the academy.

Actually I would!!! I live in some romantic world where homegrown players go on to the one thing that matters which is putting on an England top.As it stands I hate the Champions League and got really annoyed this season when Spurs dropped out and get put straight in the proper competition the Europa League.
Chelsea Arsenal City are selfish and are ruining football.

 

[The Essex Spurs]

Chelsea give no more of a Donald Duck about helping England win the World Cup than Spurs do. All clubs now regard international football as a pain in the butt that sends their best players back injured and tired.

So that's why Spurs have six England internationals in our squad and Chelsea just have attempted murderer Cahill.Oh forgot 96 year old John Terry.

 

[The Essex Spurs]

Well, we've had a few good ones over the years but in reality ( @Smokin Joe ) has beaten me to it - which major (and not so major) club gives a flying fig about the England team?

The tedious friendlies are a PITA and our players (of all nations) often come back crippled.

Where are you wanting your conversation to go? You sound like you are trolling to me.

No I'm not trolling but have had my say and will let the matter rest as the day of sadness has well and truly arrived

 

[flake99please]

So that's why Spurs have six England internationals in our squad and Chelsea just have attempted murderer Cahill.Oh forgot 96 year old John Terry.

Most recent under 21 squad for England eligible for Euro 2017. 5 players (3 out on loan) make the squad from Chelsea. Spurs contribution equals none.
Good to see your 'home grown' & 'academy' players reaching this target at least...

 

[The Essex Spurs]

How many of these players will make the Chelsea first team????
Answer......NONE.
Like Woolwich City and United as soon as a player is required they go abroad.
Tottenham Burnley Everton and the like try to use British players.

 

[Smokin Joe]

How many of these players will make the Chelsea first team????
Answer......NONE.
Like Woolwich City and United as soon as a player is required they go abroad.
Tottenham Burnley Everton and the like try to use British players.

Like all clubs, they use the best players they can get. Every club would prefer to have home grown players but it can only be down to what is available in your catchment area. If the local schools don't place any emphasis on encouraging sport then you are not going to have the raw talent to begin with. It was in this present century that an England team played with seven players who had been through the West Ham youth system. How different it is now.

Anyway, here's an article from the Guardian that will interest you. WHL was always my favourite ground after Upton Park, West Ham and Spurs had more atmosphere than any other London club by a country mile. Tottenham matches were the one away game of the season I looked forward to.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/may/13/goodbye-white-hart-lane-iconic-stadium

 

[SpokeyDokey]

How many of these players will make the Chelsea first team????
Answer......NONE.
Like Woolwich City and United as soon as a player is required they go abroad.
Tottenham Burnley Everton and the like try to use British players.

The reason not many/none make it into Chelsea's squad is that they are not good enough.

This is maybe one of the reasons why we have comprehensively trashed Spurs/Everton/Burnley on the modern era trophy front and Premier League placement. And EUFA club coefficients if you want to take it that far.

I have very little interest in whether Chelsea's players are foreign or 'home grown' - maybe I'm just someone who thinks that the planet is just one great big community of human beings rather than thinking in xenophobic terms.

PS: latest foreigner squad stat's for Spurs are exactly 50% by all accounts - as an aside, extract some of those foreign names from the squad and ponder over where you would have finished this season without them:

http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2590

Ours are 28% btw so well done Spurs for beating us.

PS: for the record I think that the current Spurs team are one mighty fine outfit with a decent coach. My brother has supported them since 1963 so I have followed their ups and downs for decades and they seem to be on a roll at the moment and the best of luck to them.

But... maybe you are still hurting from 2012?

 

[Stephenite]

Forest Green Rovers promoted to the 'Football League'. First time in their history.

 

[Chromatic]

Forest Green Rovers promoted to the 'Football League'. First time in their history.

Sh*t. That's all we need.

 

[User169]

Dirk Kuijt bangs in a hat trick to clinch the title on the last day of the season.