other than arsenal fans,

dont be too soon shouting joy at arsenal's expense

they still can get through this homegrown thing easily.

see what arsene has done for few years? taking cheap talented african natives at young age and train them at arsenal. then we got some people like armand traore, that lanky no 4 (whats his name, forgot edi), eboue, bretner, et. al.

he also got some young englishmen at his youth set up, which is i think a good and brilliant thing to do. clubs will struggle to buy decent english players at decent price. what happening now is, DECENT english players SELL on big money.

remember Rooney, SWP?

i am sure rooney is a money well spent, but SWP?

and also clubs have to adhere to the FA rules that they cannot take youth players living 90 minutes/ 90 km (i am not so sure which one, better clarify) outside the clubs radius, which is absolutely xxxx type of rules. they only take in youths as trainees which lives within that 90km/ minutes from the clubs.

imagine arsene, and sir Alex - proven records of excellent managers and great youth set up - can overcome the 90km/minute rule, definitely there will be many english youth plying their trade in big, great clubs.

going back to blatter. nevermind. let him talk. i wonder where he was when Spanish League was the all conquering league in the late 90s?

Duke Red,

of course the thing with ethics in whatever we do is VERY THIN-ly defined.

thats why arsene was banging left and right about football. yes, he was HALF RIGHT, but to him football means the one with no visa oriented agenda. he wanted to build one good footballing side without to concern about wherever they come from.

but he is not in line with the FA or FIFA or whoever claims they are the taukeh of football. they wanted to have a large pool of national players and dont give a damn on clubs.

so, is arsene is at fault (because he doesnt care about wherever the player comes, plust the fact that english players cost bomb) or the FA/ FIFA who think clubs should breed more national players?

but yeah. i do support the argument that african players come cheap and their work rate are amazing. built oso very tough.

see that essien? hes the closest to a bull of all players i've ever seen. but if opportunity arise, he will slump to the floor with the slightest touch to his hair. lol