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I believe Lampard said words to this effect.
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That great football sage.
Too many foreign players - rubbish. Trouble is, we're not producing enough good managers, when was the last Englishman to win the league* (Ferguson, Dalglish, Wenger, Mourinho since him). McClaren got in on the back of, what, a League Cup win at Boro. Gosh. I take my hat off, reverently.
If we give up and rely on artificial quotas that reduce the competitiveness and excitement of the Premier League to try and get more clodhopping Row Z sloggers into the national side, we deserve all we get. Anyway, I remember England being rubbish back when a foreign player was as rare a sight as a half time quiche. We've usually been rubbish, but occasionally just competent enough to get everyone's hopes up.
* Howard Wilkinson, of course. From a different era completely.