The day that Albion field 11 non-British players, managed by a foreign manager...

[Stat Brother]

Gary Dicker is Irish yo.

I was struggling to find players to prove my point

Gone are the days of writing Trusson, Wade, Peter Smith.

 

[Brownstuff]

Would be seriously pissed off
Hate Arsenal and Chelsea for this reason
I'm glad Gus is not of the Arsene mentality though so will never happen

 

[Safeway]

No, because I'm not xenophobic.

 

[Bry Nylon]

No, because I'm not xenophobic.

With respect, who said anything about being xenophobic?

I have no irrational fear of foreigners, just a desire to see our national identify reflected in our team. When you lose your sense of identity, there is little else left.

 

[element]

El Abd is Egyptian, non?

 

[Silent Bob]

You wanted more British players, English players, local players.

Be careful what you wish for.

 

[matthew]

I like it better English players over rated and over priced

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Where would El-Abd, come from, in that team?

He's home grown.

 

[CP 0 3 BHA]

Panic over - local (former) hero Hammond is back!

 

[pasty]

The thing is, who do you love more, in the stripes
Bruno or Dicker?
Calde or Dunk?
Vicente or Harley?

Summed up perfectly. Couldn't give a monkeys cuss where they come from, as long as they give their all for the stripes.

 

[catfish]

Nope.

 

[beorhthelm]

El Abd is Egyptian, non?

only for purposes of getting international games. born and raised in Brighton = English in anyones* book.


(* that matters)

 

[cyrilthesinik]

No! As long as they give everything for the Albion.

 

[cobbyseagull]

Watford are heading this way.......another 4/5 players on loan from italy announced from them
...

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

quite the opposite.....my heart sinks when we sign a british player as they're usually over priced and lacking in technical ability

foreign players all the way....they're almost always better than an english player costing the same amount

can't WAIT for us to field an all-foreign eleven

 

[W.C.]

It's club football so, no.

What matters to me is the player wants to play for and in Brighton. Calde is a great example. And how about Michel Kuipers. Brighton through and through.

Hope we also produce home grown talent.

 

[brightn'ove]

Well we've just signed two Spaniards, a Scot and a C*NT, so that's 4 more non English players.

 

[clippedgull]

One thing not mentioned on this thread so far, our upcoming new academy.

Hopefully decent British talent will be flowing into the first team from it in a short few years.

 

[goldstone]

... a little piece of me inside will die.

Will anybody else feel the same?

If that ever does happen the answer is YES. I am a big big fan of British players. I don't mind the odd foreign flair player to add a bit of excitement, but would much prefer a British team.

 

[Gully Forever]

The day that Albion field 11 non-British players, managed by a foreign manager.....Will make Arsene Wenger look over his shoulder...!!