Last night I was at our lasses Nanas and grandads when i noticed this fella on the news talking about Sunderland. From what I could make it out he was being disrespectful and sour due to him loosing his job. With it being a gathering I didnt manage to catch most the stuff he said. Anybody have a link of what he said? Or watched it and mind sharing the words? Thanks
Got nothing against wor Pop, I'm sure he done his best when here and we as Sunderland fans thank him. Hes in the Echo today saying "dont ignore the local lads" and to be fair we dont, we have scouts in every school etc looking at the young lads and in fact I would be pretty certain that our squad is one of the most British in the Premier League and I am quite proud of that to an extent especially having 4 lads from the North East in the first team. So I think its a bit rich saying give the local lads a chance.
Yeah wasnt to sure what he was on about last night as couldnt hear it. Sure he was at a training ground with young lads so was probs on about the local lads. Just fancied a good read while at work hehe
SACKED Sunderland chief scout Pop Robson says he fears his former club, and others in the Premier League, will bring in a flood of foreign imports at the expense of homegrown players. And he says in the North East especially, local players should form the core of any side. Sunderland-born Robson played for both Sunderland and Newcastle, before performing a host of backroom duties for the Black Cats – most reently as chief scout until being removed at the end of last season. He has been replaced by ex-Inter Milan chief Valentino Angeloni, who has wasted no time in bringing in a string of players. And that is a concern to Robson who feels that with clubs like Sunderland and Newcastle United in particular, it is essential to retain local links with the community which come from having a steady stream of homegrown players – while the English national team will suffer if the Premier League is swamped by foreigners. “I fear it might happen that Sunderland will concentrate solely on the overseas market,” he said of a club which has already clinched the Bosman signings of Valetin Roberge, Modibo Diakite, El-Hadji Ba and Cabral from abroad. “They might go for cheaper options, younger players, European players, Croatians, Italians – but they still have to be good enough to play in the Premier League, which is pretty demanding,” he pointed out. “But you read where probably Norwich is the only team in the Premier League that is fielding enough of a percentage of English players, and I feel that’s a sad situation “It’s a worry to me in the English game. I don’t know where the development is going to come from. “The Premier League has spent a lot of money on academies but we need to keep working on it.
We had six academy lads on the bench last game of the season and have had two or three on the bench regularly while Paulo has been here. Yes we are looking abroad for the majority of players (all of them ATM) but I don't think it will stop the younger players getting a chance under Paolo in preseason and its up to them to then impress. PDC has already spoken about how he wants more Colbacks coming through the ranks.
If I was him I'd be trying to keep a low profile with the view of bringing as little attention to myself as possible after some of the dross we have bought under him.
I don't think he's really having a go at Sunderland, he's having a go at transfer policies of most, if not all, EPL clubs, if you look at the U21 tournement in Israel you can see where he's coming from. English players price themselves out of the market with their demands & clubs like ours have no option but to look at foreign markets, I don't know why we have to pay so much for English players, they are'nt really that good at all otherwise we would do better on the international stage!
a point others are trying to make. At Sunderland the director of football, Roberto Di Fanti, is Italian. He was pivotal in the appointment of Paolo Di Canio, the manager, who is Italian. Already on the way was a chief scout, Valentino Angeloni, also Italian. De Fanti worked with Angeloni at Udinese and Inter Milan. Already, De Fanti has helped recruit three players: Valentin Roberge (French, from Portuguese club Maritimo), Cabral (Cape Verdean, from Swiss club Basle) and Modibo Diakite (French, from Italian club Lazio). And on it goes. ‘Roberto and Valentino bring with them a wealth of experience, knowledge and football contacts from across Europe and indeed the world,’ said Sunderland chief executive Margaret Byrne. ‘South Shields, not so much.’ Actually, she didn’t say the last part but she might as well have Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ar...-21-manager--Martin-Samuel.html#ixzz2W06se81s Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
English players look up to the Rooneys, and the English hero's of their teams. And most of them are money hungry, granny shagging mercenaries looking for more coin before playing for the badge and the fans. And that's how they grow up. If most of you have kids or know mates kids who dream of being a professional footballer, ask them why. Some might say to win an FA Cup, CL, or to play the game they love. Most teenagers will prob say to be rich and shag chicks from girls bands. Sad state of affairs.
Agree with you here but its not just football the whole youth culture is influenced by these overpaid footballers and talentless "performers" who appear on these cheap to make TV shows like X factor etc. The more we get told these people are good at their proffessions eventually some of us will believe it - usually some of the young and easily influenced. Regarding the football "heroes" for me there is only one question to be asked -how many of these so called British superstars are playing in foreign countries?
