So Oscar comes in and is given a cheque book

[Frutos]

This is not my point at all. We are an English side we should be trying to bring in home grown talent as well rather than going foreign all the time

Hence the academy we're building.

In general I want us to have the best players available to us, whether they were born in Brighton, Barcelona, Beirut or Beijing is an irrelevance.

The fact remains though that, in general and in the current economic climate, Spanish players are more suited to our style, more technically skilled and a damn sight cheaper than an English equivalent.

If Leo Ulloa had exactly the same attributes and goal scoring record, but was English, would we have got him for £2.5 million? Not in a month of Sundays.

 

[Mellotron]

This is not my point at all. We are an English side we should be trying to bring in home grown talent as well rather than going foreign all the time

That's what the academy is for. Until that's up and running I'm more than happy to buy better players for less money.

 

[Brixtaan]

Im with you on this one. Why the obsession with Spanish imports?!?

Ooh, good question, lets have a think about that one!

 

[Stat Brother]

This is not my point at all. We are an English side we should be trying to bring in home grown talent as well rather than going foreign all the time

and who might they be?

JFC, any more?

 

[Stat Brother]

I've had 30 years of watching English clodhoppers, this is the age of the FLAIRMEISTERS!

Steady on Bladders, we've been agreeing a lot recently.

You'll be spending all July watching Le Tour, if you're not careful.

 

[Albumen]

I'd say the biggest let down we've had from Spain is Vicente.
A player most of us would want back, even if it's a bit of a dubious relationship.


Wow there's some gap between those eras.

I'd argue he was a catalyst for other decent players to arrive. A former world class player that you can learn from. And he entertained when he was fit in the first season, you can't deny that.

 

[Stat Brother]

I'd argue he was a catalyst for other decent players to arrive. A former world class player that you can learn from. And he entertained when he was fit in the first season, you can't deny that.

I know I'd have him back in a heart beat.
He certainly put us 'on the map'.

I was meaning in a games and contribution style.

Plus if he's the let down, why the fook wouldn't you go shopping in Spain.

 

[Albumen]

I'd also want this fella on loan from Liverpool.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22996681

Liverpool have moved closer to completing another summer signing with Sevilla forward Luis Alberto scheduled to arrive on Merseyside on Friday for a medical ahead of a £6.8m move.

The 20-year-old has been on loan at Barcelona B but they have decided against taking up their option on the Spain Under-21 international, allowing Liverpool to step in.

 

[livingston seagull]

I totally agree, why bring in players brought up and trained in the footballing culture of the best international side in the world for comparitive peanuts when we could buy generally over-priced and inferior English ones instead?

This!

 

[Pavilionaire]

Expect him to buy this fella.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalo_García_García
Gonzalo García García (so good they named him twice). 4 goals in 29 matches as an attacking midfielder.

But he only bought in 2 Spanish players, the rest were israeli.

Of the 2 Spanish players still at Maccabi Tel Aviv I would have thought CARLOS GARCIA BADIAS is a perfect fit for us. 29 years old, 200+ La Liga matches mainly for Almeria including a couple of seasons playing alongside Leo Ulloa.

I see that Tel Aviv have just appointed Paolo Sousa as manager but their top scorer has just been sold to Reims. Gonzalo is 30 and sounds like a bit of a journeyman, but this Badias chap sounds perfect.

 

[Albumen]

Of the 2 Spanish players still at Maccabi Tel Aviv I would have thought CARLOS GARCIA BADIAS is a perfect fit for us. 29 years old, 200+ La Liga matches mainly for Almeria including a couple of seasons playing alongside Leo Ulloa.

I see that Tel Aviv have just appointed Paolo Sousa as manager but their top scorer has just been sold to Reims. Gonzalo is 30 and sounds like a bit of a journeyman, but this Badias chap sounds perfect.

Lets have them both!

 

[Pavilionaire]

Appointing a Spanish manager makes a lot of sense. More and more Spaniards are coming over to play in English football, no doubt attracted by the pull factor of the 5% reduction in the top rate of tax and the push factors of tax increases in Spain as the country struggles with austerity.

We've seen with Vicente and Bruno we can afford the sort of quality from Spain we can't get in England. You'd hope Oscar would bring in those two or three quality players from Spain that we need, and his experience with Barca youth would help to bring on JFC, Dunk, March and Barker.

The fit is almost too good to be true, and Oscar is out of contract so no compo.

 

[Smile]

Some cheap Israelis ?
Or would it be difficult for them to get work permits ?

 

[Return of the Rev]

Assuming he sticks with what he knows, although he's CV does seem to be fairly European, our starting 11 could be:-

.......................Koosh

Bruno (ESP),........2 of 3 British CB,......Left back (ESP)

.................Bridcutt replacement (ESP)

Lopez (ESP)........??.................??.......Orlandi (ESP ish)

.....................Ulloa (ESP ish)


Koosh and the centre backs could be the only non Spanish(ish) players.

Personally I can't wait.

We need a German squad its the future

 

[Postman Pat]

Some cheap Israelis ?
Or would it be difficult for them to get visas?

Israel currently in the top 70 FIFA rankings so shouldn't be difficult to get work permits.

 

[Mellotron]

The fit is almost too good to be true.

That's what I'm scared about - I've built it up in my head now that it will be him.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Gerard Deulofeu on loan please.

Thanks

 

[KingstonSeagull]

Expect him to buy this fella.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalo_García_García
Gonzalo García García (so good they named him twice). 4 goals in 29 matches as an attacking midfielder.

But he only bought in 2 Spanish players, the rest were israeli.

That's because he couldn't though, Israel football states only 5 players can be not from Israel...

 

[Dave the OAP]

This is not my point at all. We are an English side we should be trying to bring in home grown talent as well rather than going foreign all the time

So why isn't every player at Swansea and Cardiff welsh? Oh and the last time I looked at the premiershite and the championship, most teams have an abundance of foreign "talent".

I agree with your point though and the showing of the u21s reveal a horrible lack of in depth talent

 

[GreersElbow]

First question, who is Oscar?

Second question, why would we want a mosly Spanish team? We are an English team playing in the English Championship.

If you fancy paying the price tags and wages for English players, let the club know.