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Originally Posted by Nanison
The thing is england always had a huge amount of world class forwards, even a couple of years ago Andy Cole who was a world class player didn't get england call ups. There are several ex united players who were praised alot for their talent and work who hardly ever got called up for England.
There is only one thing to blame for the current situation. Foreign forwards.
Just check every teams primary attacking duo or trio, they are almost all foreign
Arsenal: adebayor
Blackburn: McCarthy, Santa Cruz
Bolton: Vaz Te, Diouff
Chelsea: Drogba,Malouda etc
United: Tevez, Saha (rooney)
Everton: Yakubu (johnson)
Fulham: Healy, McBride
City: Benjani, Castillo, Bojinov
Boro: Alves, Aliadiere, Mido, Tuncay
Newcastle: Martins, Viduka, Ameobi (Owen, Smith)
Villa: they have an english core
Portsmouth: pretty much english
Tottenham: Keane, Berbatov (Bent)
Not sure about the other teams but it's clear that foreigners take up the spots for english players. I'm sure there is still much talent but they don't make it because of the foreigners.
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Is blame for the "current situation" attributable to the presence of foreign forwards, or are the foreign forwards prevalent in the Premier League because of a dirth of talent among the English? If I recall correctly, there aren't a whole lot of English forwards plying their trade in the other major leagues in Europe and around the world. It appears that other nations are able to produce enough talent to not only satisfy the needs of their domestic teams, but to export them as well. Perhaps you should look to internal reasons to see why a nation with a relatively large population and which, in fact, invented the game, can no longer produce sufficient talent to stock its own domestic top division.