I thought you were talking about Football Manager, not real life - I can't believe the cheek of this!
"ooh look, the colonials are playing football too - what's this, they've got someone half good - well then, maybe I'll have my favourite Scottish team sign him".
Condescending attitude ...
The English and Scottish premier leagues might mean everything to you, but they're not our football.
Our game is right here at the stadium.
If that's your attitude you should go back to Britain (I know, it sounds like the wrong thing to be saying in a week of Winston)
Why are you in NZ?
You obviously don't want to contribute anything to our country ...
On the other hand, you may just be a random Hibs fan who doesn't even like the Phoenix - in which case I wonder why you are crowing about it on our forum.
Oooh hark at her!!
You could take the altruistic opinion that the more kiwi's playing in the leading leagues of Europe would better the chances of the AW's beating 5th place Asian/S American countries in WC playoffs.
As good as NZ Football & the Phoenix are - I don't think the A-League is yet competitive enough that the majority of players are of the standard to compete at a World Cup effectively.
On a different note - would you have made the same 'go home' comments on a public forum to someone for being Asian?
Hmm, well that probably sounded more cranky than I meant it too.
I can see there's another view; but the OP looked liked they wanted to steal one of our best players.
I want the A-League to grow stronger, and that won't happen if we lose the best players to Europe.
I probably shouldn't have said the 'go home ...' part - but anyway, it wasn't to do with country of origin; although my view is coloured by the attitude many British (mainly English) expats seem to display here that British leagues are superior.