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Originally Posted by BBKing
Glad you're proud of Big Sol. We'll have Ledley King when he grows up and fancies winning some trophies for a change.
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You will have to wait a while, he is about to extend his current contract (due to expire in 2008). Judging by our performance last saturday, versus yours, not a bad descision.
Proud of Sol? Not really. His best is behind him now, and you can tell he is Arsenal through and through now, by the way he elbows 2 Spurs players in the face, causing one to have an open gash and bloodstained shirt, and the fact that he got away with it. He used to have a decent disiplinary at Spurs (no red cards), he goes to Arsenal, and gets no less than 3 in 2 years. How many red cards have Arsenal got now under Wenger? 55-60 odd?
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The point isn't how many Englishmen are in the starting line up (because the name of the game is winning, and having a line up based on nationality rather than skill isn't guaranteed to work, quite the opposite in recent years)
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No, the point is English teams need decent youth academies like West Ham (and Spurs to a lesser degree). Build up our own British talent, let them flourish, and then flog them elsewhere at a big profit. That's how clubs, including the national team, and the league benefit. Not just by throwing money at a load of foreigners.