Arsenal & Man Utd are 1 and 2 in the EPL right now
(and by some margin on current form). Can someone remind
me which players from these top two clubs fronted up for England
this morning (notwithstanding that injury prevented Rooney from
being there)? Not a sausage (in the starting XI) is my
understanding.
All this leads me to strongly suspect that foreign player
restrictions on English teams might emerge from the inevitable
inquest. I think that would be a good thing.
While this may result in a slight standard drop for the EPL, the
game may just be returned to the people. A bit. Maybe I
am just an old fart, but the great old clubs of London, Midlands,
North East and North West seem to have lost their charm and be so
much more distanced from their communities than before. While
the prawn sandwich set continue to fill the corporate boxes and 50+
quid seats at the big clubs, it just doesn't seem sustainable - and
certainly not for the 2nd and 3rd tier in the EPL.
Maybe they'll also start thinking about standing areas and
lower entrance fees and other innovations to make it affordable for
the real folk (it works in Germany, where average attendances
are higher than the UK)
Maybe there will be some good come out of it for the game in
England . Just a thought.